title: Molecular cloning of feline interleukin-6 cDNA.
abstract: We cloned and sequenced feline interleukin-6 (IL-6) cDNA using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique to obtain information on regulation of the IL-6 gene. The feline IL-6 cDNA cloned in this study was 752 bp long and included all the amino acid coding region. At the amino acid level, the overall identities of the feline IL-6 to the human and murine counterparts were 58% and 39%, respectively. After transfection with the expression vector containing the cDNA, CRFK cells produced biologically active proteins that showed hybridoma growth promoting activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watari
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goitsuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002415:Cats; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011994:Recombinant Proteins