Analysis of cDNA clones for Acanthamoeba profilin‐I and profilin‐II shows end to end homology with vertebrate profilins and a small family of profilin genes
Pollard T, Rimm D. Analysis of cDNA clones for Acanthamoeba profilin‐I and profilin‐II shows end to end homology with vertebrate profilins and a small family of profilin genes. Cytoskeleton 1991, 20: 169-177. PMID: 1751969, DOI: 10.1002/cm.970200209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProfilin IIDNA sequencesProtein sequencesAcanthamoeba profilinGenomic DNA fragmentsFull-length cDNAFamily of proteinsProfilin geneAncestral precursorDifferent phylaInvariant residuesAdditional genesCDNA clonesLength cDNAConservative substitutionsPairwise identityDNA fragmentsSouthern blotNorthern blotGenesProfilinAmino acidsSmall familyCDNAConsiderable divergence