title: Cloning and sequencing of cDNA that encodes goat growth hormone.
abstract: The cDNA that encodes goat growth hormone (gGH) was isolated from a goat pituitary cDNA library. The cDNA, about 880 base pairs long, had a coding sequence, 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions and a poly(A) chain. The cDNA could encode a polypeptide of 217 amino acids. The amino acid sequence homology between gGH and the sequences of bovine GH, rat GH and human GH was 99, 83 and 66%, respectively. By Northern blot hybridization, we found that the possible gGH gene is transcribed in the goat pituitary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oyabayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yato
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kioka
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Manabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Utsumi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D006041:Goats / Q000235:genetics*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000032:analysis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013006:Growth Hormone; D004247:DNA