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H3 and H4 histone cDNA sequences from Xenopus: a sequence comparison of H4 genes.

Nucleic acids research ·Vol. 10 ·No. 12 ·1982-06-25 ·Pages 3769-80

Turner PC, Woodland HR

Abstract

Ovarian poly (A) + RNA from Xenopus laevis and Xenopus borealis was used to construct two cDNA libraries which were screened for histone sequences. cDNA clones to H4 mRNA were obtained from both species and an H3 cDNA clone from Xenopus laevis. The complete DNA sequences of these clones have been determined and are presented. These new sequences are compared with other H3 and H4 DNA sequences both in the coding and 3' noncoding regions. We find that there is considerable non-random codon usage in ten H4 genes. In addition there are some sequence similarities in the 3' noncoding regions of H3 and H4 genes.

MeSH Terms
Animals Base Sequence Cloning, Molecular DNA/analysis DNA, Recombinant/analysis Female Histones/genetics Nucleic Acid Hybridization Ovary/analysis Plasmids Protein Biosynthesis Species Specificity Xenopus
Chemicals
DNA, Recombinant Histones DNA
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Turner P C
Woodland H R
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Article Info
Journal
Nucleic acids research
Abbr.
Nucleic Acids Res
ISSN
0305-1048
DOI
10.1093/nar/10.12.3769
Published
1982-06-25
Pages
3769-80
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0411011
PMCID
PMC320751
Subset
IM
Databases
GENBANK
J00985, J00986, J00991
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1093/nar/10.12.3769 PMC Full Text View journal details
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