Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 57-61, January 2010

Cloning and sequencing of the calcium-sensing receptor from the feline parathyroid gland

  • A. Gal
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  • T.K. Ridge
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  • T.K. Graves

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1008W. Hazelwood Drive Urbana, IL 61802. Tel.: +217 333 5300; fax: +217 244 1475.

Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802, United States

Received 24 June 2009; received in revised form 14 July 2009; accepted 15 July 2009. published online 25 August 2009.

Abstract 

Messenger RNA of the calcium-sensing receptor from feline parathyroid gland (fCaSR) was reversed transcribed to cDNA, amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and cloned into E. coli. Sequences obtained from cloned E. coli were used for genetic characterization of the fCaSR mRNA and for exonic PCR primer design. Multiple fCaSR exons sequence alignments obtained from PCR amplification of genomic DNA of 5 healthy domestic shorthair cats indicated the presence of 3 synonymous missense single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and 1 nonsynonymous missense SNP, which changed an amino acid from arginine to proline. The fCaSR has 96%, 96%, and 94% homology to the canine, human, and bovine amino acid sequences, respectively.

Keywords: Calcium-sensing receptor, Feline, Parathyroid gland, Calcium homeostasis

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PII: S0739-7240(09)00076-9

doi:10.1016/j.domaniend.2009.07.004

Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 57-61, January 2010

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