Brothers A B, Clarke B J, Sheffield W P, Blajchman M A
Department of Pathology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Thromb Res. 1993 Jan 15;69(2):231-8. doi: 10.1016/0049-3848(93)90048-s.
Rabbit coagulation factor VII cDNA has been cloned and sequenced. Two rabbit liver cDNA libraries in lambda gt11 were screened using both random-primed, 32p-labelled, factor VII cDNAs and polymerase chain reaction technology. Three overlapping cDNA clones were isolated comprising a sequence of 1572 base pairs of DNA encoding an open-reading-frame of 443 amino acids. Mature circulating rabbit factor VII is predicted to contain 404 amino acids, two less than its human counterpart and three less than bovine factor VII.