Rabbit masseter expresses the cardiac alpha myosin heavy chain gene. Evidence from mRNA sequence analysis.
The presence of myosin alpha heavy chain in the rabbit masseter has been previously suggested at the protein level [(1991) Basic App. Myol. 1, 23-34; (1991) Histochem. J. 23, 160-170]. To confirm this finding, we cloned most of the mRNA corresponding to the myosin heavy chain S2 subfragment. PCR analysis and subsequent nucleotide sequence determination of the amplified cDNA demonstrates the presence of a myosin alpha heavy chain mRNA in rabbit masticatory muscles.
Laboratoire de Biologie Physicochimique, URA, CNRS 1131, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry; D009206:Myocardium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009218:Myosins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D011817:Rabbits; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009218:Myosins