title: Isolation, cloning, and sequencing of porcine agouti exon 2 (PorAex2).
abstract: In order to isolate, clone, and sequence agouti exon 2 of the pig (Yorkshire), we used an interspecific hybridization strategy. Primers from the 5' and 3' borders of the known human agouti exon 2 sequence were used to amplify (PCR) pig agouti exon 2. Following Southern blotting using a human exon 2 internal primer to authenticate that our PCR amplified product was truly pig exon 2 (PorAex2), the fragment was cloned and sequenced. PorAex2 exhibits 79.1 and 75.7% DNA sequence and 85 and 74% deduced amino acid sequence homologies with human and mouse agouti exon 2 and agouti protein, respectively. With the isolation of PorAex2, we can now map, sequence, and clarify the modus operandi of the porcine agouti gene. The GenBank Accession number of PorAex 2 is AF018166.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology/Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings 57007-2142, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Westby
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johansen
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Granholm
mesh_terms: D054366:Agouti Signaling Protein; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: C515182:ASIP protein, human; D054366:Agouti Signaling Protein; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011506:Proteins; C515183:a protein, mouse