Table 1.
Nuceotide Sequence Relatedness of Ferret LEC Marker cDNAs to other animal species.
| Sequence identity (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podoplanin (complete ORF) |
LYVE-1 (partial ORF) |
PROX-1 (partial ORF) |
VEGFR-3 (partial ORF) |
CCL21 (complete ORF) |
|
| Species | |||||
| Dog | 81a (73) | 91 (85) | 98 (100) | 92 (96) | 89 (85) |
| Cat | 82 (65) | 90 (83) | 98 (100) | 94 (99) | 90 (88) |
| Pig | 71 (53) | 80 (71) | 98 (100) | 92 (95) | 84 (78) |
| Human | 74 (60) | 80 (65) | 98 (100) | 91 (94) | 86 (80) |
| Rhesus | 73 (59) | 80 (67) | 98 (100) | 91 (95) | 82 (77) |
| Mouse | 78 (48) | 76 (56) | 95 (100) | 87 (94) | 80 (79) |
| Rat | 80 (48) | 76 (53) | 95 (100) | 86 (94) | 76 (70) |
| Guinea pig | 42 (37) | 75 (63) | 97 (99) | 89 (94) | 80 (76) |
| Syrian hamster | 82 (46) | 76 (60) | 94 (99) | 88 (96) | 80 (71) |
Data shown are the percent relatedness to the corresponding stretch of nucleotide sequences in the ferret cDNAs obtained here. The numbers in parentheses represent the percent relatedness of the corresponding deduced amino acid sequences.