Identification of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).

The tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri) diverged from the primate order (Primates) and are classified as Scandentia, a separate taxonomic group of mammals. The tree shrew has been suggested to use an animal model to study human disease but the genomic sequences of tree shrew is largely unidentified. Here...

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Main Authors: Yu Zheng, Qihui Wang, Chenxia Yun, Yingjun Wang, Wanli W Smith, Jing Leng
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041755?pdf=render
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author Yu Zheng
Qihui Wang
Chenxia Yun
Yingjun Wang
Wanli W Smith
Jing Leng
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Qihui Wang
Chenxia Yun
Yingjun Wang
Wanli W Smith
Jing Leng
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description The tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri) diverged from the primate order (Primates) and are classified as Scandentia, a separate taxonomic group of mammals. The tree shrew has been suggested to use an animal model to study human disease but the genomic sequences of tree shrew is largely unidentified. Here we identified the full-length cDNA sequence of a housekeeping gene, Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH), in tree shrew. We further constructed a phylogenetic family tree base on GAPDH molecules of various organisms and compared GAPDH sequences with human and other small experimental animals. These study revealed that tree shrew was closer to human than mouse, rat, rabbit and guinea pig. The Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR and western blot analysis further demonstrated that GAPDH expressed in various tissues in tree shrew as a general conservative housekeeping proteins as in human. Our findings provide the novel genetic knowledge of the tree shrew and strong evidences that tree shrew can be an experimental model system to study human disorders.
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spelling doaj.art-f209c145969a461bb0178c3b4021da462022-12-22T00:03:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0196e9855210.1371/journal.pone.0098552Identification of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).Yu ZhengQihui WangChenxia YunYingjun WangWanli W SmithJing LengThe tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri) diverged from the primate order (Primates) and are classified as Scandentia, a separate taxonomic group of mammals. The tree shrew has been suggested to use an animal model to study human disease but the genomic sequences of tree shrew is largely unidentified. Here we identified the full-length cDNA sequence of a housekeeping gene, Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH), in tree shrew. We further constructed a phylogenetic family tree base on GAPDH molecules of various organisms and compared GAPDH sequences with human and other small experimental animals. These study revealed that tree shrew was closer to human than mouse, rat, rabbit and guinea pig. The Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR and western blot analysis further demonstrated that GAPDH expressed in various tissues in tree shrew as a general conservative housekeeping proteins as in human. Our findings provide the novel genetic knowledge of the tree shrew and strong evidences that tree shrew can be an experimental model system to study human disorders.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041755?pdf=render
spellingShingle Yu Zheng
Qihui Wang
Chenxia Yun
Yingjun Wang
Wanli W Smith
Jing Leng
Identification of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).
PLoS ONE
title Identification of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).
title_full Identification of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).
title_fullStr Identification of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).
title_full_unstemmed Identification of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).
title_short Identification of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri).
title_sort identification of glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase sequence and expression profiles in tree shrew tupaia belangeri
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041755?pdf=render
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