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Structure of a family of rat amylase genes

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The sequences of two cloned rat pancreatic amylase cDNAs comprising 95% of the mRNA sequence are reported. Analysis of cloned rat genomic DNA fragments using cloned cDNA probes indicates that the rat genome contains multiple closely related amylase genes in which the cDNA sequences are distributed within a region 9 kilobases in length and are interrupted by at least seven intervening sequences.

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  1. Raymond J. MacDonald

    Present address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas, 75235

  2. Michael M. Crerar

    Present address: BioLogicals, Inc.,Department of Biology, York University, Downs-view, Ontario, Canada, M35 1P3

  3. Raymond L. Pictet & Gilles Thomas

    Present address: Institut de Biologie Moleculaire, Université Paris VII, Tour 43, 75221, Paris, Cedex 05, France

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    Raymond J. MacDonald, Michael M. Crerar, William F. Swain, Raymond L. Pictet, Gilles Thomas & William J. Rutter

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MacDonald, R., Crerar, M., Swain, W. et al. Structure of a family of rat amylase genes. Nature 287, 117–122 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/287117a0

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