title: The primary structure of rat ribosomal protein L18.
abstract: The amino acid sequence of rat ribosomal protein L18 was deduced from the sequence of nucleotides in a recombinant cDNA and confirmed from the amino-terminal amino acid sequence of the protein. Ribosomal protein L18 contains 187 amino acids (the amino-terminal methionine is removed after translation of the mRNA) and has a molecular weight of 21,530. Hybridization of the cDNA to digests of nuclear DNA suggests that there are 10-14 copies of the L18 gene. Rat ribosomal protein L18 is homologous to Xenopus laevis L14; the extent of the identity of the amino acid sequences is 87% and for the nucleotides in the coding region of the DNA it is 76%.
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637.
authors: K R
authors: KR
authors: Devi
authors: Y L
authors: YL
authors: Chan
authors: I G
authors: IG
authors: Wool
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000032:analysis*; D005796:Genes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C029609:ribosomal protein L18