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Table 1 Properties of the isolated cDNA clones encoding K14 from bichir, sturgeon and gar.

From: A novel and ancient group of type I keratins with members in bichir, sturgeon and gar

cDNA clone

Keratin

EMBL accession number

Size of cDNA (bp)

Number of encoded amino acids

Mr (Da)

pI

abaK14

AbaK14

AJ493259

1858

431

467594)

5.14)

pseK14a

PseK14a

AM419452

1369

3631)

-

-

pseK14b

PseK14b

AM419453

908

3022)

-

-

locK14

LocK14

AM419454

1207

3513)

-

-

  1. Pse, Polypterus senegalus (bichir); Aba, Acipenser baeri (sturgeon); Loc, Lepisosteus oculatus (gar); 1) a portion of the head domain is still missing; 2) head and tail domain are still missing; 3) complete head domain is still missing; 4) as predicted from the cDNA sequence.