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Chicken perinatal troponin Ts are generated by a combination of novel and phylogenetically conserved alternative splicing pathways.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7556899     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
During perinatal development, avian and mammalian skeletal muscles express a novel set of troponin T (TnT) isoforms with higher M(r)s and more acidic pIs than their adult counterparts. In mammals, these TnTs result from the incorporation of a developmentally regulated 5'-fetal exon into fast TnT mRNAs. To determine whether chicken perinatal TnTs are generated by a similar mechanism, we sequenced 40 chicken TnT 5'-cDNAs from perinatal and adult pectoralis. Evidence for five 5'-exons not present in the mammalian gene was found, including one, y, whose splicing is developmentally regulated. Although none of these new exons are homologous with the mammalian fetal exon, their alternative splicing, superimposed on three conserved splicing patterns of the phylogenetically shared 5'-exons, generates the chicken perinatal TnT isoforms. These observations indicate that chicken, and most likely other avian species, evolved an independent 5'-alternative splicing mechanism to generate perinatal TnTs that have the same biophysical, and presumably functional, properties as their mammalian homologs.
Authors:
F Schachat; J M Schmidt; M Maready; M M Briggs
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Developmental biology     Volume:  171     ISSN:  0012-1606     ISO Abbreviation:  Dev. Biol.     Publication Date:  1995 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-10-30     Completed Date:  1995-10-30     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372762     Medline TA:  Dev Biol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  233-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aging / genetics
Alternative Splicing*
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Chick Embryo
Chickens
DNA Primers
DNA, Complementary
Exons
Molecular Sequence Data
Muscle Development
Muscles / embryology,  metabolism
Phylogeny
Troponin / genetics*
Troponin T
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AR 39603/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA Primers; 0/DNA, Complementary; 0/Troponin; 0/Troponin T

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