STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE MOUSE LACTOFERRIN GENE

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作者
CUNNINGHAM, GA
HEADON, DR
CONNEELY, OM
机构
[1] BAYLOR COLL MED,DEPT CELL BIOL,1 BAYLON PL,HOUSTON,TX 77030
[2] NATL UNIV IRELAND UNIV COLL GALWAY,DEPT BIOCHEM,CELL & MOLEC BIOL GRP,GALWAY,IRELAND
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10.1016/0006-291X(92)90277-R
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 [生物化学与分子生物学]; 081704 [应用化学];
摘要
The complete structure of the mouse lactoferrin gene is presented. Mouse lactoferrin (mLF) is encoded by a single copy gene of approximately 30 kilobases (kb) in size. The gene is organized into 17 exons separated by 16 introns. The exons range in size from 48 base pairs (bp) to 190 bp whereas the introns range from 0.2 kb to 4.3 kb. Structural analysis of the mouse lactoferrin gene reveals that this gene shares a similar intron-exon distribution pattern with both human transferrin and chicken ovotransferrin. © 1992.
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页码:1725 / 1731
页数:7
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