title: Isolation of a Xenopus laevis genomic clone representing a novel N-cadherin related gene.
abstract: We have isolated a Xenopus laevis genomic sequence distinct from, but sharing high sequence similarity with N-cadherin. We present evidence that the gene represented by this sequence, named XNcad3, resides at a separate locus to the two previously isolated N-cadherin clones from this species. Extensive analysis could detect no expression of XNcad3 in embryonic or adult tissues. It seems likely that XNcad3 represents a non-expressed pseudogene, or perhaps a novel cadherin with a restricted expression pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. sab37817@ggr.co.uk
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Burbidge
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Webber
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015820:Cadherins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011544:Pseudogenes; D015347:RNA Probes; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D015347:RNA Probes