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. 1991 Oct;2(10):819–826. doi: 10.1091/mbc.2.10.819

Developmental regulation of calmodulin gene expression in rat brain and skeletal muscle.

J Weinman 1, B Della Gaspera 1, A Dautigny 1, D Pham Dinh 1, J Wang 1, H Nojima 1, S Weinman 1
PMCID: PMC361877  PMID: 1801918

Abstract

Three different calmodulin genes that encode the identical protein have been identified in the rat (Nojima, 1989); however, calmodulin gene expression at the various stages of tissue differentiation and maturation has not been previously determined. We have quantitated the content of mRNAs encoding calmodulin in the developing brain and skeletal muscle using RNA blot analysis with three specific cDNA probes. Our results show that five species of calmodulin mRNAs: 4.0 and 1.7 kb for CaM I, 1.4 kb for CaM II, and 2.3 and 0.8 kb for CaM III are detectable at all ages in the brain as well as in skeletal muscle but exhibit a tissue-specific developmental pattern of expression. The comparison of the temporal pattern of calmodulin gene expression with both mitotic activity, as demonstrated by cyclin A mRNA levels, and differentiation and maturation of specific brain or muscle regions is consistent with calmodulin involvement in development.

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