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Tunicates have unusual nuclear lamins with a large deletion in the carboxyterminal tail domain.
Gene - 19 Sept 2000
Riemer D, Wang J, Zimek A, Swalla B J, Weber K
Abstract excerpt
Lamins are essential proteins of metazoa. They give rise to the nuclear lamina lining the nucleoplasmic face of the inner nuclear membrane. Here we report the isolation of complete lamin cDNA clones from three urochordate (tunicate) libraries - adult Ciona intestinalis, the tailbud stage of Styela clava and the gastrula stage of Molgula oculata. Lamins L1 and L2 of adult Ciona are derived from two distinct genes....
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