title: A single rat genomic DNA fragment encodes both the oxytocin and vasopressin genes separated by 11 kilobases and oriented in opposite transcriptional directions.
abstract: An 18 kb DNA fragment, containing the genes encoding both the vasopressin and oxytocin polyprotein precursors, has been isolated from a rat genomic library. The two genes are linked by approximately 11 kb of intervening sequence and transcribed from opposite DNA strands.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Zellbiochemie und klinische Neurobiologie, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, F.R.G.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000235:genetics*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D011498:Protein Precursors; D014667:Vasopressins; D010121:Oxytocin; D004247:DNA; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes