Characterization of bovine keratin genes: similarities of exon patterns in genes coding for different keratins.
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Lehnert, M E
RESUMO
Four different genomic clones which contain the genes coding for epidermal keratins Ia (mol. wt. approximately 68 000), Ib (68 000), III (60 000) and VIb (54 500) have been selected using cDNA probes and identified by hybrid-selection translation. The genes vary considerably in length, primarily due to differences in intron sizes: keratin Ia, 9.3 kb (approximately 2.55 kb total exons); keratin Ib, 6.0 kb (2.25 kb exons); keratin III, 6.0 kb (2.2 kb exons); keratin VIb, 4.4 kb (1.85 kb exons). The genes for all three representatives of the basic (type II) cytokeratin subfamily, i.e., keratins Ia, Ib and III, contain eight introns of variable sizes (0.1-1.8 kb) and their exon patterns are very similar. The gene coding for keratin VIb, a representative of the acidic (type I) subfamily, contains seven introns, and the size pattern of its five innermost exons closely resembles that of the genes of the type II keratins. Most of the introns are located in regions coding for the alpha-helical cores of these proteins. Mapping of the intron positions by the S1 nuclease technique and sequencing of some exon-intron boundaries has revealed that some of the introns of all four keratin genes have similar positions to each other and to those of the hamster vimentin gene.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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