title: Cloning of the sole (Solea senegalensis) growth hormone-encoding cDNA.
abstract: We report here the complete nucleotide (nt) sequence of a cDNA clone encoding Solea senegalensis growth hormone (sGH) isolated from an expression library prepared from sole pituitary gland poly(A)+RNA. The library was screened using a flounder GH cDNA. The cDNA sequence containing an insert of 769 nt was found to encode a polypeptide of 203 amino acids (aa), including a signal peptide of 17 aa. The 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions of the message are 17 and 119-nt long, respectively. Northern blot hybridization detected a 0.9-kb RNA species. The sGH cDNA sequence shows homologies of 80.9, 76.9, 73.8 and 64.2% with the GH of tuna, gilthead seabream, flounder and rainbow trout.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pendón
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Martínez-Barberá
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez-Sánchez
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grenett
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Valdivia
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics; D005412:Flatfishes / Q000235:genetics*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013006:Growth Hormone