Expression in male and genomic organization of the gene(s) coding for a major protein secreted by the rat seminal vesicle epithelium.

AUTOR(ES)

Abrescia, P

RESUMO

Double strand cDNA copies of lls poly(A)+mRNA purified from adult rat seminal vesicles (RSV), have been cloned in E.coli C600 using the Pst I site of pBR322. Filter hybridization, nucleotide sequence analysis and positive hybridization translation were used to demonstrate that one of the recombinant plasmids obtained (pRSV25) contained a 260 bp long insert coding for a significant part of the precursor to the protein IV present in the RSV secretion. By using labelled pRSV25 DNA we have found that high levels of RSV IV mRNA were present only in the rat seminal vesicle epithelium. The amounts of RSV IV mRNA present in other tissues of the same organism were below the levels detectable by the methods used. In addition, other data reported here indicate that the RSV IV gene(s) is present in both sexes, probably with a different organization.

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