title: Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA encoding the bovine testis-derived male-enhanced antigen (Mea).
abstract: A full-length cDNA encoding the bovine male enhanced antigen (Mea) has been cloned from a bovine testicular cDNA library and sequenced. The primary structure of the bovine Mea peptide deduced from this nucleotide sequence has 174 amino acid residues and is highly homologous to human (95.9%, 165/172) and mouse (92.5%, 161/174) Mea gene products. It is located on an autosome, and is expressed highly in the testes.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Institute, Itoham Foods Inc., Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sutou
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001324:Autoantigens; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012737:Sex Factors; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C512726:Golga3 protein, mouse; C512727:MEA1 protein, human; C512728:Mea1 protein, mouse; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011506:Proteins