Testis-specific gene
AssigneesLivestock Improvement Association of Japan, Inc., President of Gunma University
InventorsAkira Aizawa, Akiko Kawakami, Toshihiko Kondo
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Abstract
The invention provides a gene specifically expressed in haploid cells of the testis. The gene is located on the X-chromosome of a mammal, is specifically expressed in haploid cells of the testis, has a base sequence which can hybridize, under stringent conditions, with DNA including a base sequence in SEQ ID NO: 1, and encodes a protein including an amino acid sequence having a homology of at least 25% with an amino acid sequence encoded by the drosophila gcl gene.
Claims5
An isolated nucleotide sequence of a gene, wherein said sequence (i) is located on the X-chromosome of a mammal, (ii) is specifically expressed in haploid cells of the testis, and (iii) encodes a polypeptide having a homology of at least 95% with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.2.
An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, a complement of SEQ ID NO:
- 1, and a fragment thereof.
An isolated nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide set forth in SEQ ID NO:
- 2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.