Characterization of Xenopus EED pseudogene, a Polycomb group gene.
A EED pseudogene transcript (psXEED) has been isolated from the cDNA pool of Xenopus laevis. The open reading frame of psXEED was interrupted with a 40 bp insertion. Its untranslated region was identical with that of the functional XEED. Furthermore, the EED pseudogene was organized as a processed pseudogene in the genomic level. Interestingly, the EED pseudogene was transcribed both maternally and zygotically throughout embryogenesis.
Cho
Jae-Kyung
JK
Laboratory of Genetic Embryology, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shillim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.
Chung
Hae-Moon
HM
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D047108:Embryonic Development; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins; D011544:Pseudogenes; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
D018076:DNA, Complementary; C491487:EED protein, Xenopus; D063146:Polycomb-Group Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D029867:Xenopus Proteins