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1: Nucleic Acids Res. 1983 Feb 25;11(4):917-30.
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Isolation and characterisation of genes for androgen-responsive secretory proteins of rat seminal vesicles.

McDonald C, Williams L, McTurk P, Fuller F, McIntosh E, Higgins S.

Under the influence of testosterone, rat seminal vesicles synthesise large amounts of a tissue specific protein, S. Recombinant lambda clones have been isolated containing overlapping sequences covering a 27.5 kilo base region of the rat genome within which the gene for protein S is located. Recombinant plasmids bearing cDNA sequences for protein S were constructed in pBR328. One (pcS2) contains a 690 nucleotide insert and is probably full length. Detailed restriction maps of the S-gene are presented and the structure was confirmed by analysis of R-loops and heteroduplexes. The S-gene covers a 2 kbp region of the genome and consists of a 5' intron (490 bp) separating a leading exon (120 bp) containing the 5' untranslated region from a central exon (310 bp) containing most of the coding sequence and part of the 3' untranslated region. A larger intron (1100 bp) lies within the 3' untranslated region. The cloned gene is representative of the native gene but the S gene may be heterogeneous. Using pcS2, the hormonal control of S-specific mRNA was examined and a pronounced differential response to testosterone was observed.

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PMID: 6298734 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC325767