title: Characterization of a mouse somatic cytochrome c gene and three cytochrome c pseudogenes.
abstract: Mouse contains two functional, but differentially expressed, cytochrome c genes. One of these genes is expressed in all somatic tissues so far examined. The other gene is expressed only in testis and is assumed to be spermatogenesis-specific. The nucleotide sequence of four mouse cytochrome c-like genes has been determined. One of these genes (MC1) contains an intron and encodes a polypeptide sequence identical to the published mouse somatic cytochrome c amino acid sequence. The other three genes can not properly encode a mouse cytochrome c protein and appear to be pseudogenes which have arisen via an insertion into the mouse genome of a cDNA copy of a cytochrome c mRNA molecule.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Limbach
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D012333:RNA, Messenger