title: The primary structure of the duck alpha D-globin gene: an unusual 5' splice junction sequence.
abstract: The complete nucleotide sequence of the duck minor alpha D-globin gene including the flanking regions has been determined. A unique structural feature of the alpha D-globin gene is a GC instead of the invariant GT dinucleotide at the 5' end of the second intervening sequence. The 1013 base pair long gene has otherwise all the characteristics normally attributed to a functional globin gene. Indirect evidence suggests that the alpha D-globin gene is expressed in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Physiologisch-Chemisches Institut, Marburg, FRG.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erbil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niessing
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004372:Ducks; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012326:RNA Splicing; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D005914:Globins