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Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the chick melanocortin 1-receptor gene
S Takeuchi1, S Suzuki, S Hirose
1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Japan. stakevoh@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
|May 2, 1996
Abstract:
The chick melanocortin 1-receptor gene was isolated. It is found to be an intronless gene encoding a 314 amino acid protein, sharing 64% identity with mammalian counterparts. A cis-element responsible for melanocyte-specific transcription is found in its 5' upstream region. It is probable that the expression of the receptor in melanocytes is closely correlated with that of melanogenesis-related genes.