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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
Fibrous and non-fibrous collagens have been described in both vertebrate and invertebrate animals. However, there has been limited characterization of non-fibrous collagens and their corresponding genes in invertebrate animals. In the present study we have used as a probe an avian cDNA clone which encompasses the COL3, NC3 and part of the COL2 domain of the collagen alpha 3(IX) subunit. This probe hybridized to mRNA obtained from the cuticle and body of the marine annelid, Nereis virens. Northern blot hybridization exhibited an mRNA of ca. 7.5-8 kilobases which in situ hybridization shows to be most abundant over cuticle-associated cells. Dot-blot hybridization, comparing cuticle mRNA and body mRNA, indicates that this collagen mRNA is five times more abundant in the cuticle. The composite data suggest evolutionary conservation, in both vertebrate and invertebrate animals, of a non-fibrillar collagen.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-8207
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of a type IX collagen-related mRNA in an invertebrate, the marine annelid Nereis virens.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of BioStructure and Function, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-3705.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.