title: Cloning and sequencing of the bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) interferon-gamma gene.
abstract: The bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) interferon-gamma(IFN-gamma) cDNA was cloned from mitogen stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) RNA utilizing the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The dolphin IFN-gammacDNA was 585 base pairs in length and contained an open reading frame of 498 nucleotides encoding an IFN-gammaprecursor of 166 amino acids, with cleavage of the putative signal peptide of 19 amino acids. Analysis of the mature amino acid sequences revealed two potential N-linked glycosylation sites. Comparison of the predicted amino acid sequence showed that dolphin IFN-(gamma)shares 86, 85, 63 and 42% similarity with the bovine, ovine, human and mouse IFN-gamma, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itou
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oike
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004289:Dolphins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D007371:Interferon-gamma