Nucleotide sequence of the full-length mouse lamin C cDNA and its deduced amino-acid sequence.

We have cloned and sequenced the cDNA comprizing the entire coding region and several hundred base-pairs of its flanks for the mouse nuclear envelope protein lamin C mRNA. The nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino-acid sequence of the mouse lamin C are compared with the previously published human lamin A/C sequences with respect to (a) the general organisation, (b) homologies, (c) predictions for the essential structural characteristics of lamins and (d) the localization of the most conserved region. Moreover, the mouse lamin C sequence presented allows the first intraspecies comparison between A/C-type and B-type lamins.