title: The cDNA cloning and mRNA expression of rat protein C.
abstract: We cloned a cDNA coding for rat protein C, which provides hybridization probes for the detection of protein C mRNA in several tissues. The cloned cDNA was 1543 bp long and contained a single open reading frame of 1383 nucleotides. The proposed rat protein C precursor contained 461 amino acid residues: a 41 amino acid preproleader sequence, and light (155 amino acids) and heavy (263 amino acids) chains joined by a Lys-Arg dipeptide. Northern blot analysis showed that the rat protein C mRNA was expressed not only in the liver, but also in the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okafuji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Marumoto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D011486:Protein C / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D011486:Protein C; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger