NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE OF THE HISTONE H3-ENCODING GENE FROM THE SCLERACTINIAN CORAL ACROPORA-FORMOSA (CNIDARIA, SCLERACTINIA)

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作者
MILLER, DJ
MCMILLAN, J
MILES, A
TENLOHUIS, M
MAHONY, T
机构
[1] Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Cook University, Townsville
关键词
amino acid sequence homologies; invertebrates; phage; λ; library; Recombinant DNA; staghorn;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(90)90243-K
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Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The histone H3-encoding gene from the staghorn coral Acropora formosa has the 3′-hairpin structure which functions as termination/processing signal in nonpolyadenylated histone mRNAs. The predicted amino acid sequence is highly homologous with the major H3 histones of higher metazoans, and has least homology with the corresponding protist and fungal proteins. These data are inconsistent with the phylogenetic position which has been assigned to the Cnidaria by partial 18S rRNA sequence comparison. © 1990.
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