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Ontogenesis of transthyretin gene expression in chicken choroid plexus and liver

journal contribution
posted on 1991-01-01, 00:00 authored by B R SOUTHWELL, Wei DuanWei Duan, G F TU, G SCHREIBER
1. Chicken liver transthyretin cDNA hybridizes strongly with choroid plexus transthyretin mRNA from chickens, pigeons, quails and ducks.

2. In the chicken at hatching the choroid plexus has reached 70%, total brain 30%, and liver 5.8% of their organ masses in adults.

3. The proportion of transthyretin mRNA in total RNA is 0.45-times the adult value in the choroid plexus of the chicken at hatching.

4. In the liver at hatching, the proportion of transthyretin mRNA in total RNA is 1.1-times the value in adult chickens.

5. The pattern of maturation of transthyretin gene expression in chicken liver is comparable to that in precocial, but differs from that in altricial mammals.

History

Journal

Comparative biochemistry and physiology part B: Comparative biochemistry

Volume

100

Issue

2

Pagination

329 - 338

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN

1096-4959

eISSN

1879-1107

Language

English

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

1991, Elsevier Inc.