Sequences coding for the ribosomal protein L14 in @entity1238 and XXXX ; homologies in the 5' untranslated region are shared with other r-protein mRNAs.

@entity72032 @entity24799 @entity1238 @entity7391
In the haploid genome of @entity1238 there are two genes coding for the r-protein @entity72032 . It is not known if they are located on the same chromosome. cDNA clones deriving from the transcripts of the two genes have been isolated from an oocyte messenger cDNA bank showing that they are both expressed. We have studied the structure of one of the @entity72032 genes by Electron Microscopy, restriction mapping and sequencing. An allelic form of the @entity72032 gene was also isolated. It contains a large deletion covering the 5' end region up to the middle of the third intron. The 5' end of the @entity1238 @entity72032 gene was compared to that of the corresponding gene in the closely related species @entity24799 and found to be highly conserved. The @entity72032 gene has multiple initiation sites, but the large majority of the transcripts start in the middle of a @entity7391 tract not preceded by a canonical TATA box as in other eukaryotic housekeeping genes. The @entity1238 L1 and @entity72032 genes have a common decanucleotide in the first exon in the same position with regard to the initiator ATG which just precedes the first intron. The decanucleotide shows homology with the @entity1238 18S rRNA.
