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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-8
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have isolated and sequenced a cDNA and region of genomic DNA that encode HCCP12, a major protein found in flexible cuticles of all three metamorphic stages of the giant silkmoth, Hyalophora cecropia. The gene for HCCP12 contains two introns with the first intron interrupting the signal peptide. The 5' flanking region contains 478 base pairs (bp) with about 95% identity to the prototype of a common Cecropia insertion element. The RACE procedure was used to produce cDNAs corresponding to the 5' ends of mRNAs for HCCP12 isolated from larval, pupal and pharate adult epidermal cells. Sequences from 21 cloned cDNAs were almost identical. It was thus concluded that a single gene and a single promoter (as evidenced by a single transcriptional start site) for HCCP12 are used in all three metamorphic stages. Hence, neither stage-specific gene sets nor stage-specific promoters are essential for metamorphic transitions of cuticular protein gene expression.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0965-1748
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
989-1000
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Epidermis, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Insect Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Larva, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Metamorphosis, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Moths, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:7535619-Sequence Homology
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of the cDNA, gene and promoter for a major protein from flexible cuticles of the giant silkmoth Hyalophora cecropia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.