title: Isolation of a cDNA encoding a homologue of ribosomal protein L26 in the decapod crustacean Penaeus japonicus.
abstract: A complementary DNA (PjL26) containing an open reading frame for a protein of 144 amino acids was isolated from the decapod crustacean Penaeus japonicus. The conceptual PjL26 protein exhibits significant sequence similarities to ribosomal protein L26 in vertebrates. The level of the PjL26 messenger RNA in the tail fan did not change significantly during the molt cycle. This cDNA, therefore, may serve as a useful control probe in Northern analyses of stage-specific transcripts in P. japonicus and related crustacean species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Marine Organisms, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano Tokyo 164, Japan.toshi@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003445:Crustacea / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014714:Vertebrates
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C489216:RPL26 protein, human; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins