Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (8): 132-138.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2017-0204

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Cloning and Tissue Expression Analysis of KLF3 Gene in Yak(Bos grunniens

LIN Sen1,2, LIN Ya-qiu1, ZHU Jiang-jiang2, BAI Xue1, JIANG Ming-feng1, WANG Yong1,2   

  1. 1. School of Life Science and TechnologySouthwest Minzu UniversityChengdu 610041;
    2. Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province for Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resource Reservation and ExploitationChengdu 610041
  • Received:2017-03-17 Online:2017-08-01 Published:2017-08-01

Abstract: The aims of this study are to clone yak KLF3 gene sequence,to analyze its biological characterization,and to clarify its expression patterns in different tissues. Six healthy,4-6 years old male Maiwa yaks were selected as experiment animals. After fasting slaughter,the tissue samples of spleen,lung,kidney,subcutaneous fat and longissimus dorsi muscle were collected for the total RNA extraction. The Reverse Transcription PCR(RT-PCR)was used to clone Maiwa yak KLF3 gene sequence,the quantitative real-time PCR(qPCR)was used to detect the expression levels of KLF3 gene in different tissues. The results showed that the sequence of yak KLF3 gene was 1 137 bp(GenBank accession number:KX964630),containing 963 bp CDS,32 bp 5' UTR and 64 bp 3' UTR,encoding 346 amino acids. The amino acid sequence of yak KLF3 shared a similarity of 100% with that of cattle(XP_010820342.1). The mRNA expression level of KLF3 was high in lung and liver tissue,significantly higher than other tissues(P < 0.01).

Key words: yak, KLF3 Gene, clone, tissue expression