Vaz, B.S., Cerqueira, G.S., Silva, J.C., Manzke, V.H.B., Moreira, C.G.A., and Moreira, H.L.M. (2010) Sequence analysis of the growth hormone gene of the South American catfish Rhamdia quelen. Genetics and Molecular Research, 9 (4). pp. 2184-2190.

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Abstract

Rhamdia quelen is an important Neotropical catfish species for fisheries and aquaculture in southern Brazil, where it is called Jandia. Like other native Brazilian species of economic importance, R. quelen genetics needs more attention for animal breeding programs. The growth hormone gene is known to be linked to a number of molecular markers and quantitative trait loci. We sequenced the coding region of the growth hormone gene with the primer walking technique. As in other Siluriformes, the R. quelen growth hormone gene has four introns and five exons, in a 1465-bp coding region. The tertiary structure of the encoded protein was predicted by bioinformatics; it has four α-helix structures connected by loops, which form a compressed complex maintained by two disulfide bridges.

Item ID:	37418
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1676-5680
Keywords:	Rhamdia quelen; siluriformes; growth hormone; bioinformatics; primer walking
Funders:	CAPES Foundation, Brazilian Ministry of Education, CNPq, Brazil
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2015 02:59
FoR Codes:	06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0604 Genetics > 060408 Genomics @ 50% 10 TECHNOLOGY > 1001 Agricultural Biotechnology > 100199 Agricultural Biotechnology not elsewhere classified @ 50%
SEO Codes:	97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences @ 50% 83 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8301 Fisheries - Aquaculture > 830199 Fisheries - Aquaculture not elsewhere classified @ 50%
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