title: Sequence of the goat alpha-lactalbumin-encoding gene: comparison with the bovine gene and evidence of related sequences in the goat genome.
abstract: The isolation and characterization of a genomic clone encoding goat alpha-lactalbumin (alpha LA) are described, and its sequence was aligned with that of its bovine counterpart. The 5'-flanking regions are highly homologous, but two small insertions were found in the goat sequence. One of these insertions fills the gap found in the so-called 'milk-box' consensus sequence of the bovine gene. Southern analysis indicates the presence of several alpha LA-related sequences in the goat genome, as previously observed in cow and sheep, which suggests that the relevant duplication event(s) occurred before divergence of these ruminant species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Biochimique, INRA-CNRZ, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vilotte
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soulier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Printz
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mercier
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005796:Genes; D006041:Goats / Q000235:genetics*; D007768:Lactalbumin / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D007768:Lactalbumin