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Xenopus laevis as a Model to Identify Translation Impairment
Published on: September 27, 2015
Sequencing and characterization of the Xenopus laevis ribosomal protein L34 cDNA
1Department of Evolutionary and Comparative Biology, University of Naples Federico II, via Mezzocannone n.8, 80134 Naples, Italy. chiara.campanella@unina.it
Abstract:
In this paper, a cDNA homologous to the mammalian ribosomal protein (r-protein) L34 was isolated from a Xenopus laevis oocytes library and named XL34. It encodes a protein of 116 residues with an Mr of 13.2 kDa and a highly basic sequence. The nucleotide (nt) and deduced amino acid (aa) sequence have been compared with the L34 sequence from other species. This analysis showed that the L34 is a protein greatly conserved from prokaryotes to eukaryotes.XL34 mRNA is abundantly present in the whole cytoplasm of oocytes at stages 1 and 2.

