title: The primary structure of rat ribosomal protein L18a.
abstract: The amino acid sequence of rat ribosomal protein L18a was deduced from the sequence of nucleotides in a recombinant cDNA. Ribosomal protein L18a contains 175 amino acids and has a molecular mass of 20,047 Da. Hybridization of the cDNA to digests of rat nuclear DNA and to a preparation of poly(A)+ mRNA suggests that there are 8-11 copies of the L18a gene and that the mRNA for the protein is about 700 nucleotides in length. Rat L18a is related to Schizosaccharomyces pombe L17 and perhaps to Halobacterium marismortui L19.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Meyuhas
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Wool
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003062:Codon; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D006217:Halobacterium / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C029609:ribosomal protein L18; C059566:ribosomal protein L18a; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes