title: Molecular cloning of human cardiac troponin I using polymerase chain reaction.
abstract: We have used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to synthesise a cDNA encoding part of human cardiac troponin I. Amplification was achieved using fully degenerate sets of oligonucleotides corresponding to conserved regions of amino acid sequence identified in other troponin I isoforms. The cloned PCR fragment was subsequently used to isolate full-length cDNAs from a cardiac cDNA library. We describe the approach, as a general cloning strategy starting from limited amino-acid sequence data and report the cloning, and complete amino acid sequence of human cardiac troponin I. Analysis of human development using these clones demonstrates early expression of this gene in the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Vallins
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dabhade
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Butler-Browne
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Yacoub
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Barton
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014336:Troponin / Q000235:genetics*; D019210:Troponin I
chemical_list: D014336:Troponin; D019210:Troponin I