Alternative transcription and two modes of splicing results in two myosin light chains from one gene.
Chicken skeletal muscle myosin alkali light chains are encoded by a single gene of size 18 kilobases (kb). This gene has two transcription initiation sites from which 17.5- and 8-kb precursor RNAs are transcribed. These RNAs are processed by different modes of splicing to form mRNAs encoding distinct light-chain (LC1 and LC3) proteins.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D009218:Myosins / Q000235:genetics*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009218:Myosins