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In Ovo Electroporations of HH Stage 10 Chicken Embryos
Published on: November 1, 2007
Organization of coding and intervening sequences in the chicken ovalbumin split gene
Abstract:
The interruptions in the chicken ovalbumin gene which were reported previously (Breathnach, Mandel and Chambon, 1977) are shown to be due to the presence of intervening sequences which separate the messenger-coding sequences. We present evidence for an additional interruption of the gene, which, together with those reported earlier and by Garapin et al. (1978b), make a total of six intervening sequences. All of these intervening sequences are located in the DNA region that corresponds to the part of the ov mRNA which codes for amino acids. The seven coding fragments of the split ovalbumin gene are arranged in the same order and relative orientation as in the ovalbumin double-stranded cDNA. All the sequences coding for ov mRNA are contained in a chromosomal DNA region of 6000 bp, which is more than 3 times longer than ov mRNA. The general organization of the ovalbumin split gene is discussed.
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