title: Isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding a chicken actin-like protein.
abstract: We report the isolation and characterization of a chicken cDNA which putatively encodes an actin-like protein (chACTL). This 394-amino-acid (aa) polypeptide shares sequence homology (81, 70 and 67% identical aa, respectively) with three actin-related proteins (ARP) described for Drosophila melanogaster (ARP14D), Caenorhabditis elegans (ACTL) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ACT2). At least six chACTL transcripts were detected in different tissues during chick embryogenesis. Sequence analysis suggests that at least three groups of ARP have been evolutionarily conserved.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie de la Différenciation Epithéliale, Université Joseph Fourier-Grenoble I, France.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Michaille
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gouy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanchet
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duret
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D030161:Avian Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002642:Chick Embryo / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D005796:Genes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D030161:Avian Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C092597:actin-like protein, chicken