Effect of estrogen on gene expression: purification of vitellogenin messenger RNA.

AUTOR(ES)

Wetekam, W

RESUMO

We report initial studies on estrogen-mediated regulation of egg yolk protein synthesis in the rooster. Egg yolk proteins are normally synthesized as a large precursor, vitellogenin, in the liver of the laying hen; roosters synthesize vitellogenin only when treated with estrogen. Polysomal RNA from the liver of estrogen-treated roosters was translated in a reticulocyte cell-free system, and the newly synthesized proteins were identified by a highly specific and sensitive indirect immunoprecipitation reaction. The messenger RNA that specifies vitellogenin has been purified more than 800-fold from rooster liver polysomal RNA by a combination of methods, including immunoprecipitation of polysomes and chromatography of RNA on poly(U)-Sepharose.

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