Comparison of nonerythroid alpha-spectrin genes reveals strict homology among diverse species.
Leto T, Fortugno-Erikson D, Barton D, Yang-Feng T, Francke U, Harris A, Morrow J, Marchesi V, Benz E. Comparison of nonerythroid alpha-spectrin genes reveals strict homology among diverse species. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1988, 8: 1-9. PMID: 3336352, PMCID: PMC363070, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.8.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha-spectrin geneErythroid alpha-spectrin geneHuman chromosome 9Alpha-spectrin chainComparison of sequencesCarboxy-terminal sequenceErythroid genesDiverse speciesExpression libraryChromosome 1Hydrophobic residuesErythroid spectrinAlpha-spectrinFilamentous proteinsFunctional sitesGenesChromosome 9Human cloneStrict homologyRepeat patternCell membraneInvariant tryptophanSpectrinPeptide sequencesCDNA