title: Cloning and sequencing of the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) growth hormone-encoding cDNA.
abstract: The cDNA clones encoding gilthead seabream (gsb) (Sparus aurata) growth hormone (GH) have been isolated from a cDNA library prepared from seabream pituitary gland poly(A)+ RNA. The cDNA library was screened using red seabream and rainbow trout GH cDNAs. The complete nucleotide (nt) sequence of gsbGH has been determined. The cDNA sequence codes for a polypeptide of 204 amino acids (aa), including a putative signal peptide of 17 aa. The 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions of the message are 55 and 236 nt long, respectively. The predicted aa sequence of gsbGH revealed 97% homology with red seabream GH, 95% with tuna GH, 85% with yellowtail GH, and 65% with rainbow trout GH.
authors.affiliation: Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Funkenstein
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Powers
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cavari
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone