title: Cloning, sequencing and differential expression of alphaB-crystallin in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.
abstract: Here we report the cloning and expression of alphaB-crystallin from the zebrafish. 5'- and 3'-RACE was used to isolate a 900-bp transcript that contained insertions and deletions that differentiate it from both alphaA-crystallin and HSP-27. The deduced amino acid sequence of zebrafish alphaB-crystallin revealed that it lacked four residues in the C-terminus implicated in protein-protein interactions in other vertebrate species. In addition, the sequence contained two substitutions at sites implicated in phosphorylation in other vertebrate species. Northern analysis and semi-quantitative RT-PCR indicate that zebrafish alphaB-crystallin is expressed at extremely low levels outside of the lens.
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, 100 Stein Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 26505, USA. mposner@ashland.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Posner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kantorow
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Horwitz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003459:Crystallins / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D015027:Zebrafish
chemical_list: D003459:Crystallins