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  • Title: Exon organization and sequence of the genes encoding alpha-lactalbumin and beta-lactoglobulin from the tammar wallaby (Macropodidae, Marsupialia).
    Author: Collet C, Joseph R.
    Journal: Biochem Genet; 1995 Feb; 33(1-2):61-72. PubMed ID: 7794241.
    Abstract:
    Clones encompassing the genes encoding alpha-lactalbumin and beta-lactoglobulin were isolated from a tammar wallaby genomic library, the exons localized using end-labeled oligonucleotides and the DNA sequences determined. The tammar beta-lactoglobulin gene has the same 7 exon-6 intron structure as the sheep homologue. Potential binding sites for mammary gland-specific transcription factors were identified, on the basis of similarity to sites in the sheep gene, in the promoter region of the tammar beta-lactoglobulin gene. The tammar gene encoding alpha-lactalbumin appears to contain four introns rather than three as are present in the eutherian homologues, or the evolutionarily related lysozyme gene. The additional intron appears to occur within the 5' noncoding region of the tammar gene.
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