Biomedical subjects

P D Vize

Publications and source records attributed to P D Vize.

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PubMed1988

Introduction of a porcine growth hormone fusion gene into transgenic pigs promotes growth.

Six transgenic pigs have been produced by microinjecting a human metallothionein promoter/porcine growth hormone gene construct into the pronuclei of fertilized eggs which were transferred to synchronized recipient sows. The resulting transgenic animals contained between 0.5 and 15 copies of the gene construct per cell, and at least one of the animals expressed the introduced gene and grew at an increased rate compared to both transgenic and non-transgenic littermates. Some of the transgenic animals that did not appear to grow at increased rates were found to contain rearranged gene sequences. Two of the transgenic pigs have been shown to pass on the introduced genes to their offspring.

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PubMed1987

Spacer alterations which increase the expression of porcine growth hormone in E. coli.

Full-length porcine growth hormone (PGH) cDNA clones were isolated from a porcine pituitary cDNA library. When the coding portion of the PGH gene was cloned into an E. coli expression vector downstream from the powerful trc promoter, high levels of mRNA, but no protein were detected. Mutation directed by an oligodeoxynucleotide primer altered 5'-non-coding sequences and raised the level of PGH produced from undetectable to 15% of the total cellular protein. Alteration of four codons infrequently used by E. coli in the 5'-end of the gene produced no further increases.

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PubMed1987

Isolation and characterization of the porcine growth hormone gene.

A cosmid clone containing the entire porcine growth hormone (PGH) gene has been isolated using a full-length PGH cDNA as the hybridization probe. The gene within the cosmid was subcloned into plasmids and completely sequenced. The coding, promoter, and both 5'- and 3'-noncoding sequences of the PGH gene were found to be highly conserved when compared to the previously sequenced genes coding for rat, human and bovine growth hormones, and also to the human placental lactogen gene. The high degree of conservation between the 5'- and 3'-noncoding regions of the genes from these different species indicates that growth hormone genes may be evolving by some unusual mechanism. The PGH gene was found to contain the unusual variant GC donor splice site.

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