Santos C R, Power D M, Kille P, Llewellyn L, Ramsurn V, Wigham T, Sweeney G E
CCMAR, Universidade do Aloarve, Portugal.
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol. 1997 Jun;117(2):185-9. doi: 10.1016/s0305-0491(96)00328-8.
A full-length cDNA clone encoding beta-actin (beta-actin) was isolated from a sea bream (Sparus aurata) liver cDNA library. Sequencing of this clone reveals an open reading frame encoding a 375 amino acid protein that shares a high degree of conservation to other known actins. The sea bream beta-actin sequence showed 98% identity to carp and human beta-actin and 95% and 94% identity to sea squirt and Dictyostelium cytoplasmic actins, respectively.
