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. 1991 Dec 11;19(23):6469–6474. doi: 10.1093/nar/19.23.6469

Molecular cloning of the gene encoding the bovine brain ribonuclease and its expression in different regions of the brain.

M P Sasso 1, A Carsana 1, E Confalone 1, C Cosi 1, S Sorrentino 1, M Viola 1, M Palmieri 1, E Russo 1, A Furia 1
PMCID: PMC329200  PMID: 1754384

Abstract

In this paper we report the molecular cloning of the gene encoding the bovine brain ribonuclease. The nucleotide sequence determined in this work shows a high degree of identity to the homologous gene encoding the bovine pancreatic ribonuclease. Processing of the primary transcripts of these genes also follows a similar pathway, splicing of the unique intron in the 5' untranslated region occurs at corresponding positions. Expression of the bovine brain ribonuclease gene can be detected both at the transcriptional and translational levels in all the regions of the brain examined.

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