title: Molecular cloning and characterization of the Myf5 gene in sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus).
abstract: The cDNA of myogenic factor (Myf5) was isolated from sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus) using Reverse-transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The 5' flanking sequence of the cDNA contains a TATA box, GC box, CAAT box, several E box sites and muscle-specific regulatory elements determined by genome walking. The Myf5 gene consists of 3 exons and 2 introns. The open reading frame was found to code a protein with 238 amino-acid residues, containing the conserved basic helix-loop-helix domain (bHLH). RT-PCR indicated the Myf5 was highly expressed in muscle, and weakly expressed in brain, eyes, spleen, gill, liver, kidney, intestine and heart. In early embryonic stages, Myf5 mRNA transcripts are highly detectable in the early gastrula stage while decreasing up to a low level at the late gastrula stage, subsequently greatly increased up to the highest level in the somites stage, then gradually decreases from the tail-bud stage to 15 d larvae after hatching, but they are still detectable. Further, Myf5 mRNA was expressed in several sea perch cell lines such as LJES1, LJHK, LJH-1, LJH-2, LJS, LJL, although its expression level varied greatly among different cell lines.
authors: Key Lab For Sustainable Utilization of Marine Fisheries Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences, Nanjing Road 106, Qingdao 266071, China.
authors: Han-Qing
authors: HQ
authors: Ye
authors: Song-Lin
authors: SL
authors: Chen
authors: Jian-Yong
authors: JY
authors: Xu
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051787:Myogenic Regulatory Factor 5 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000502:physiology; D010471:Perches / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D029941:Fish Proteins; D051787:Myogenic Regulatory Factor 5