Cloning and sequencing of hen magnum cDNAs encoding vitelline membrane outer layer protein I (VMO-I).
Two cDNAs encoding hen vitelline membrane outer layer protein I (VMO-I), which is classified as a new type of multi-beta-sheet assembly, were cloned and sequenced. Northern blot analysis using vmo-I cDNA as a probe showed the presence of three mRNA species. Strikingly, expression of these mRNAs was restricted to a specific region of the hen oviduct, the area joining the infundibulum to the magnum.
Protein Engineering Research Institute, Osaka, Japan.
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Uyeda
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Inuzuka
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Doi
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Kido
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Kikuchi
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004527:Egg Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004527:Egg Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C035651:vitelline membrane proteins