First Author | Olsson PG | Year | 2003 |
Journal | J Androl | Volume | 24 |
Issue | 6 | Pages | 918-20 |
PubMed ID | 14581519 | Mgi Jnum | J:86337 |
Mgi Id | MGI:2679426 | Doi | 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb03144.x |
Citation | Olsson PG, et al. (2003) Abundance of repetitive sequence elements in the mouse testis-specific lactate dehydrogenase-C gene. J Androl 24(6):918-20 |
abstractText | We have cloned and sequenced the entire mouse ldhc gene and mapped it physically in relation to the somatic ldha gene. The 2 genes were found to be oriented in head-to-tail fashion with about a 6-kilobase (kb) distance between the 3' end of ldha and the 5' end of ldhc. The ldhc gene is composed of 43% repetitive elements compared to only 16% in the ldha gene. Despite the close physical distance of mouse ldha and ldhc, the 2 genes have a very different content of repetitive elements, and this most likely reflects different levels of selective pressure. |