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Using a polyclonal antibody, a cDNA clone coding for part of mouse vimentin was identified in a λgt11 expression library. DNA from this clone was used to screen a genomic library from Ehrlich Ascites Tumor cells for the mouse vimentin gene. A clone was found which contained the whole coding sequence and a large part of the 5′- and 3′-untranslated sequences. It was used to prepare a construct equivalent to a full-length cDNA clone. Extensive homologies to the vimentin sequence from other species were found for the coding and 3′-untranslated sequences and the promoter region.
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Hennekes, H., Kühn, S. & Traub, P. Coding sequence and flanking regions of the mouse vimentin gene. Molec. Gen. Genet. 221, 33–36 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00280364
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