Helena Farkašová, Tomáš Hron, Jan Pačes, Petr Pajer, Daniel Elleder
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Identification of a GC-rich leptin gene in chicken
Leptin (LEP) plays a key role in the regulation of energy balance in mammals, with less well-defined roles in lower vertebrates. The existence of LEP orthologs in birds has been controversial and only recently have several avian LEP genes been reported. Still, LEP has been assumed to be missing from the chicken (Gallus gallus) genome. Here, we identify the chicken LEP (cLEP), which shares only 25% amino acid sequence identity with its human ortholog. However, it has considerably higher homology with avian LEPs, and phylogenetic analysis shows it as clustering with avian LEP sequences. The cLEP and the other known avian LEP sequences all have high GC content. We argue that this property is behind the technical difficulties impeding the identification of these avian genes. The identification of cLEP can be expected to help elucidate leptin signaling pathways in wild and domestic chickens.
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Agri Gene publishes papers that focus on the regulation, expression, function and evolution of genes in crop plants, farm animals, and agriculturally important insects and microorganisms. Agri Gene strives to be a diverse journal and topics in multiple fields will be considered for publication so long as their main focus is on agriculturally important organisms (plants, animals, insects, or microorganisms). Although not limited to the following, some examples of potential topics include: Gene discovery and characterization. Genetic markers to guide traditional breeding. Genetic effects of transposable elements. Evolutionary genetics, molecular evolution, population genetics, and phylogenetics. Profiling of gene expression and genetic variation. Biotechnology and crop or livestock improvement. Genetic improvement of biological control microorganisms. Genetic control of secondary metabolic pathways and metabolic enzymes of crop pathogens. Transcription analysis of beneficial or pest insect developmental stages Agri Gene encourages submission of novel manuscripts that present a reasonable level of analysis, functional relevance and/or mechanistic insight. Agri Gene also welcomes papers that have predominantly a descriptive component but improve the essential basis of knowledge for subsequent functional studies, or which provide important confirmation of recently published discoveries provided that the information is new.