title: Characterization of a chicken polyubiquitin gene preferentially expressed during spermatogenesis.
abstract: We have previously reported that a chicken polyubiquitin gene (Ub II) not expressed under normal or heat shock conditions in chick fibroblasts is transcribed during spermatogenesis [(1987) Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 9604]. The level of Ub II mRNA is several-fold higher in testis cells than in somatic tissues. The gene Ub II possesses characteristic features not seen in the polyubiquitin gene expressed in heat shock conditions (Ub I). The 5' noncoding region of Ub II shows the consensus cAMP regulatory element (CRE) followed immediately downstream by a CA dinucleotide. It has been proposed that this extended CRE may be involved in the coordinate expression of various genes during spermatogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Casanova, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mezquita
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mezquita
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015870:Gene Expression; D008297:Male; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011108:Polymers; D025821:Polyubiquitin; D012313:RNA / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D014452:Ubiquitins; D025821:Polyubiquitin; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA