EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION OF THE DYSTROPHIN CENTRAL ROD DOMAIN

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作者
SHERRATT, TG [1 ]
VULLIAMY, T [1 ]
STRONG, PN [1 ]
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[1] HAMMERSMITH HOSP,ROYAL POSTGRAD MED SCH,DEPT HAEMATOL,LONDON W12 0NN,ENGLAND
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10.1042/bj2870755
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Dystrophin cDNA fragments encoding the C-terminal repeats of the central rod region have been expressed as fusion proteins. The polyclonal antisera raised to the purified fusion proteins have been characterized and neither antiserum cross-reacted with dystrophin-related protein. Antisera detected dystrophin with molecular mass close to that of the human in all terrestrial vertebrates and amphibia studied. Experiments with antisera to the N-terminal region of the dystrophin rod confirmed that epitopes to the rod region were conserved during this evolutionary period and the length of this domain remained unaltered.
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