title: Cloning and sequence analysis of two cDNAs encoding cyclin A and cyclin B in the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha.
abstract: Cyclins are key components in the progression of both mitotic and meiotic cell cycle control. Full-length cDNA clones encoding cyclin A and cyclin B were isolated from a zebra mussel testis cDNA library. The clones contained open reading frames of 419 and 434 amino acids, had similarity to cyclins A and B from other species, but also some unique features in their sequences. Cyclin A and B mRNA was expressed in testis, ovary, gill, mantle, muscle, and eggs, as shown by specific polymerase chain reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lamers
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Heiney
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ram
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019925:Cyclin A / Q000235:genetics*; D019926:Cyclin B / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014018:Tissue Distribution