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. 1980 May 10;8(9):1987–1997. doi: 10.1093/nar/8.9.1987

Selection and sequence analysis of a cDNA clone encoding a known chorion protein of the A family.

S G Tsitilou, J C Regier, F C Kafatos
PMCID: PMC324052  PMID: 7433133

Abstract

Using as criteria the size, abundance and developmental specificity of hybridizing mRNA sequences, we have selected from our chorion cDNA library a clone corresponding to a specific chorion protein, A4--cl. Comparison between the clone sequence and the largely known sequence of A4--cl validates the use of the cDNA library for sequence analysis of the chorion multigene families. The two major chorion protein families, A and B, share certain structural similarities.

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