title: Distribution of isoaccepting tRNAs and codons for proline and glycine in collagenous and noncollagenous chicken tissues.
abstract: The relation between codon usage and tRNA content for proline and glycine, the major constituents of collagen, was studied in two tissues: the magnum of laying hen oviduct and the leg tendons of chick embryo where collagen is produced. Although the relative contents of tRNA(GCCGly) and tRNA(IGGPro) in tendons, as compared to magnum indicate a specialization of the tRNA population for collagen synthesis, the distribution of the preponderant codons in collagen mRNA is correlated but at a lesser extent to that of their cognate tRNAs.
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, Section Biologie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ouenzar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Agoutin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Reinisch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weill
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Keith
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heyman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003062:Codon; D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics*; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D010057:Oviducts / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl / Q000378:metabolism*; D013710:Tendons / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; D003094:Collagen