Molecular cloning of the kainate-binding protein and calmodulin genes which are induced by an imprinting stimulus in ducklings.
For the formation of imprinting in birds, protein synthesis is known to be essential in the medial hyperstriatum ventrale (MHV) of the forebrain after presentation of an imprinting stimulus. We have searched for the genes whose expressions are increased in duckling's MHV during formation of imprinting, and identified kainate-binding protein and calmodulin genes. This may reflect the formation of glutamatergic pathways in MHV.
Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Kimura
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Kurosawa
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Kondo
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Tsukada
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D004372:Ducks / Q000235:genetics*; D007173:Imprinting, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D007608:Kainic Acid; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000235:genetics*; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors
D002147:Calmodulin; D004247:DNA; D007608:Kainic Acid; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors