Breathnach R, Mandel J L, Chambon P
Nature. 1977 Nov 24;270(5635):314-9. doi: 10.1038/270314a0.
The ovalbumin gene, is split in chicken DNA. Two interruptions in the sequences coding for ovalbumin mRNA have been detected, at least one of them lying in the protein coding sequence. The unexpected gene organisation is present both in oviduct cells highly specialised in ovalbumin synthesis and in erythrocytes.
卵清蛋白基因在鸡的DNA中是断裂的。已检测到编码卵清蛋白mRNA的序列中有两处中断,其中至少一处位于蛋白质编码序列中。这种意外的基因结构存在于高度专门化用于卵清蛋白合成的输卵管细胞和红细胞中。