TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the chick melanocortin 1-receptor gene
AU - Takeuchi, Sakae
AU - Suzuki, Hideyuki
AU - Hirose, Sayoko
AU - Yabuuchi, Masafumi
AU - Sato, Chikara
AU - Yamamoto, Hiroaki
AU - Takahashi, Sumio
PY - 1996/5/2
Y1 - 1996/5/2
N2 - The chick melanocortin 1-receptor gene was isolated. It is found to be an intronless gene encoding a 314 amino acid protein, sharing 64% identity with mammalian counterparts. A cis-element responsible for melanocyte-specific transcription is found in its 5' upstream region. It is probable that the expression of the receptor in melanocytes is closely correlated with that of melanogenesis-related genes.
AB - The chick melanocortin 1-receptor gene was isolated. It is found to be an intronless gene encoding a 314 amino acid protein, sharing 64% identity with mammalian counterparts. A cis-element responsible for melanocyte-specific transcription is found in its 5' upstream region. It is probable that the expression of the receptor in melanocytes is closely correlated with that of melanogenesis-related genes.
KW - chicken
KW - genomic DNA sequencing
KW - melanocortin 1-receptor
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U2 - 10.1016/0167-4781(96)00026-7
DO - 10.1016/0167-4781(96)00026-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 8634326
AN - SCOPUS:0029946881
VL - 1306
SP - 122
EP - 126
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression
SN - 0167-4781
IS - 2-3
ER -