THE EXPRESSION OF CREATINE-KINASE ISOZYMES IN XENOPUS-TROPICALIS, XENOPUS-LAEVIS-LAEVIS, AND THEIR VIABLE HYBRID
THE EXPRESSION OF CREATINE-KINASE ISOZYMES IN XENOPUS-TROPICALIS, XENOPUS-LAEVIS-LAEVIS, AND THEIR VIABLE HYBRID
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00499114
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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2.4
通讯作者:
BURKI, E
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作者:
BURKI, E
Starch gel electrophoresis of creatine kinase (CK) isozymes of X. tropicalis shows that at least 2 different genes code for CK in this diploid (2n = 20) species. These genes seem to be orthologous to the CK-A and CK-C genes of extant crossopterygian fish. Additional isozymes may be interpreted either as products of duplicate genes or, more probably, as epigenetically modified forms of the homodimers AtAt and CtCt, respectively. The originally tetraploid species X. l. laevis (2n = 36), which may have arisen by hybridization of diploid ancestors some 30-40 million yr ago, retained expression of all duplicate CK-A and CK-C genes. Differential expression during ontogenesis (CK-A genes) and in different adult tissues (CK-C genes) indicates that divergence occurred not only with respect to the primary sequence of these duplicate genes, but also with respect to the regulation of their expression. In the interspecific hybrid X. l. laevis .times. X. tropicalis, all parental CK genes appear to be expressed simultaneously in the heart. Several subunit combinations cannot be detected on the zymograms.