ACTIN GENE FAMILY OF CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS
ACTIN GENE FAMILY OF CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-2836(83)90056-6
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
HIRSH, D
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作者:
FILES, JG;CARR, S;HIRSH, D
Four actin genes were isolated from C. elegans that account for all of the major actin hybridization to total genomic DNA. Actin genes I, II and III are clustered within a 12 .times. 103 base region; gene IV is unlinked to the others. All 4 genes were sequenced from at least nucleotide -109 to +250. Genes I and III are identical for the first 307 coding nucleotides. Genes I and II differ in 14 positions within the first 250 coding nucleotides; one difference substitutes an Asp for a Glu at codon 5. Genes I and IV differ in 18 positions within the first 259 coding nucleotides without causing any amino acid differences. Genes I, II and III have introns after the first nucleotide of codon 64 and gene IV has an intron between codons 19 and 20. The 4 nucleotide sequences thus far define 2 different amino acid sequences. Both of the amino acid sequences resemble vertebrate cytoplasmic actin more than vertebrate muscle actin. A DNA polymorphism between the Bristol and Bergerac strains was used as a phenotypic marker in genetic crosses to map the cluster of actin genes within a 2% recombination interval on linkage group V between unc-23 and sma-1 in order to begin a molecular genetic analysis of the actin loci.