Sequence homology and structural comparison between the chromosomal human alpha 1-antitrypsin and chicken ovalbumin genes.
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Leicht M, Long GL, Chandra T, Kurachi K, Kidd VJ, Mace M Jr, Davie EW, Woo SL
Sequence homology and structural comparison between the chromosomal human alpha 1-antitrypsin and chicken ovalbumin genes.
Nature. 1982 Jun 24;297(5868):655-9.
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The human chromosomal alpha 1-antitrypsin gene has been cloned. This gene is approximately 5 kilobase pairs long and contains three intervening sequences in the peptide-coding region. DNA sequences coding for the amino and carboxyl termini of a alpha 1-antitrypsin have been identified. Human alpha 1-antitrypsin and chicken ovalbumin show significant sequences homology and belong to a common protein super-family. Yet the number, position and size of intervening sequences reveal that the two genes are dissimilar.