The bovine and ovine genomes contain multiple sequences homologous to the α-lactalbumin-encoding gene

• Published in: Gene Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 331 - 338
• Main Authors: Soulier, S., Mercier, J.C., Vilotte, J.L., Anderson, J., Clark, A.J., Provot, C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 30.11.1989; Amsterdam Elsevier; New York, NY
• Subjects: ADN; ALBUMINAS; ALBUMINE; ALBUMINS; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; Blotting, Southern; BOVINAE; Cattle; Cloning, Molecular - methods; CODE GENETIQUE; CODIGO GENETICO; DNA; duplication; exon; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; GENE; GENES; Genes. Genome; GENETIC CODE; Genomic Library; intron; Lactalbumin - genetics; MILK PROTEINS; Molecular and cellular biology; Molecular genetics; Molecular Sequence Data; OVIN; OVINOS; PROTEINAS DE LA LECHE; PROTEINE DU LAIT; pseudogene; RECOMBINACION; RECOMBINAISON; recombinant DNA; RECOMBINATION; Restriction Mapping; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; SHEEP; aa; SDS; nt; αla; bp; duplication; Milk proteins; intron; pseudogene; ala; kb; recombinant DNA; exon; Pseudogene; Nucleotide sequence; Ox; Homology; Glycoproteins; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Gene; Lactalbumin; DNA; Sheep; Multigene family; Artiodactyla; Molecular cloning; Southern blotting; Ungulata
• ISSN: 0378-1119; 1879-0038
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90119-4

Bovine and ovine (pseudo)genes homologous to the α-lactalbumin-encoding gene are described. In both cases, sequence analysis reveals homology extending downstream from exon 2. Southern analysis indicates the presence of a family of α-lactalbumin-related sequences in the bovine genome.