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XB-ART-22363
Mol Mar Biol Biotechnol 1993 Aug 01;24:233-8.
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Cloning and characterization of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) serum transferrin cDNA.

Kvingedal AM , Rørvik KA , Alestrøm P .


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Characterization of Atlantic salmon serum transferrin cDNA representing a near full-length transferrin mRNA revealed a 2,070-bp open reading frame encoding a protein of 690 amino acids. The predicted protein contains an 18 amino acids' long signal sequence and shows 49% amino acid positional identity with Xenopus laevis transferrin and human serum transferrin. On the basis of sequence differences obtained from different salmon transferrin cDNA clones, 2 distinct classes of transferrin mRNA were identified. Both variants were present together in genomic DNA from haploid embryos, demonstrating that Atlantic salmon have 2 transferrin genes per haploid complement. Salmon transferrin is expressed mainly in the liver.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: tf