title: Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding rat PKR, the double-stranded RNA-dependent eukaryotic initiation factor-2 kinase.
abstract: We have isolated and sequenced a full-length cDNA encoding the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR from rat. The derived amino acid sequences of the protein kinase and RNA-binding domains are highly conserved between the rat, human and mouse enzymes. In addition, sequence elements in the 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions are also conserved between species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mellor
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Flowers
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kimball
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Jefferson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019892:eIF-2 Kinase