PURPOSE: cDNA producing tropoelastin useful for inhibitor of blood platelet aggregation preventing arteriosclerosis, obtained by coding tropoelastin.
CONSTITUTION: A cell producing a large amount of elastin, derived from chicken, is ground to give a RNA fraction, from which polyA+RNA (A) is isolated. Then the component A is treated with a restriction enzyme to give cDNA-containing plasmid (B). Then the component B is transformed with Escherichia coli to give plasmid recipient bacterium (C). On the other hand, the component A is linked to polyA+RNA obtained from an elastin nonforming cell and labeled with 32P, etc., to give 32P labeled polyA+RNA probe (D). Then the components D and C are hybridized, a colony showing complementation to a probe derived from the component A and plasmid DNA is extracted from the clone of the prepared colony. Then the DNA is treated with a restriction enzyme to give cDNA of tropoelastin showing base sequence such as peptide shown by the formula and crosslinking forming peripheral sequence, etc.
TAJIMA SHINGO
TOKIMITSU ICHIROU
TAJIMA MASAHIRO
FUKAZAWA TOSHIO
SHISEIDO CO LTD
KAO CORP
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