Abstract
We have sequenced the chicken interleukin-1β-converting enzyme (ICE) and ced-3 homolog (Ich-1) cDNA, and evaluated Ich-1 mRNA expression in the hen ovary during follicle development. While two alternatively spliced forms of Ich-1, Ich-1(L) and Ich-1(S), were amplified by PCR from an embryonic chicken cDNA library, only the Ich-1(L) form was found to be expressed in adult ovarian granulosa and theca tissues. The deduced amino acid (aa) sequence of ICH-1(L) is 70.8% identical to human ICH-1(L) and contains the conserved QACRG peptide active catalytic sequence characteristic of many ICE-related family of cysteine proteases.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 227-233 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Gene |
| Volume | 192 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 19 1997 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Genetics
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