Abstract
We report the cloning and characterization of a novel human kinesin-like gene with strong homology to the mouse kinesin Kif3c. The full-length cDNA contains an open reading frame of 2382 nucleotides encoding a predicted 793 amino acid peptide that includes a 389 amino acid motor domain conserved among other kinesins. PCR and DNA sequence analysis of PAC clones containing the human KIF3C sequence revealed that the gene contains 8 exons. All introns have the conserved GT and AG dinucleotides present at their donor and acceptor sites, respectively. We have localized KIF3C to chromosome band 2p23 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Base Sequence
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Blotting, Northern
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Chromosome Mapping
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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 / genetics
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Cloning, Molecular
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Exons / genetics
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Humans
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In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
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Introns / genetics
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Kinesins / chemistry*
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Molecular Sequence Data
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RNA Splicing / genetics
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RNA, Messenger / analysis
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Substances
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KIF3C protein, human
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Kif3c protein, mouse
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RNA, Messenger
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Kinesins
Associated data
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GENBANK/AF035621
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GENBANK/AJ002223
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GENBANK/AJ002224
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GENBANK/AJ002225
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GENBANK/AJ002226
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GENBANK/AJ002227
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GENBANK/AJ002228
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GENBANK/AJ002229