Partial molecular characterization of the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) alpha-cardiac muscle actin gene and its relationship to actin isoforms of other fish species
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2007-01-01
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Wasko, Adriane Pinto [UNESP]
Severino, Fábio E. [UNESP]
Presti, Flávia T. [UNESP]
Poletto, Andréia B. [UNESP]
Martins, Cesar [UNESP]
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
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An alpha actin gene segment, isolated from Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), was characterized by nucleotide sequencing, predicted amino acid sequence and Southern blot hybridization. Genomic DNA amplification resulted in a 1063-bp fragment corresponding to a partial alpha-cardiac muscle actin gene containing exons 3 to 6. Southern blot analysis of the restriction-digested DNA revealed that the Nile tilapia genome contains multiple muscle actin isoforms. Although comparison of the nucleotide sequence, amino acid residues and exon-intron organization of the isolated actin gene with those of other vertebrates showed a high level of identity, diagnostic amino acid residues can still be correlated to distinct actin genes in fish species.
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actin gene, amino acid residues, gene structure, Nile tilapia, nucleotide sequence, Oreochromis niloticus
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Genetics and Molecular Biology. Sociedade Brasileira de Genética, v. 30, n. 4, p. 1089-1092, 2007.