title: HMG-box sequences from microbats homologous to the human SOX30 HMG-box.
abstract: SOX genes are a family of genes that encode for proteins which are characterised by the presence of a HMG-domain related to that of the mammalian sex-determining gene (SRY). By definition, the DNA binding domain of SOX genes is at least 50% identical to the 79 amino acid HMG domain of the SRY gene. We report here two HMG-box sequences from two microbat species (R. ferrumequinum and P. Pipistrellus) which were PCR amplified using a primer pair specific to the mouse Sry HMG-box. The high percentage of identity of this sequences with the human and mouse SOX30 HMG-box suggests that they are the SOX30 HMG-box for these two bat species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Jaén, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bullejos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Díaz de la Guardia
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Barragán
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D024282:Genes, sry; D024742:HMG-Box Domains / Q000235:genetics*; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D055749:SOXB2 Transcription Factors; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006609:High Mobility Group Proteins; D055749:SOXB2 Transcription Factors; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C119840:sox21a protein, zebrafish; D004247:DNA