Desmosomal cadherins in zebrafish epiboly and gastrulation

Table 2 Comparison of zfDsc exon sizes with three human desmocollin genes

Exon	hDsc1	hDsc2	hDsc3	zfDsc	Protein domain
1	Non-coding +63	+69	+69	Non-coding +42	S
2	85	85	85	91	P
3	203	203	203	191	EC1
4	120	120	120	114
5	*156*	*156*	*156*	*156*	EC2
6	145	145	145	142
7	167	167	167	155	EC3
8	*135*	*135*	*135*	*135*
9	*186*	*186*	*186*	*186*	EC4
10	260	257	257	248
11	*143*	*143*	*143*	*143*	EA
12	213	225	225	222
13	240	*237*	225	*237*	TM
14	122	125	122	116	CYT
15	249	258	258	285
16	46	46	43	Non-coding +213	Alternative splicing
17	Non-coding +195	195	195	Non-coding +213	TD

The numbers in bold italics indicate exons having identical sizes. The right hand column shows the approximate corresponding protein domains. S = signal, P = precursor, EC = extracellular, EA = extracellular anchor, TM = transmembrane, CYT = cytoplasmic, TD = terminal domain of human "b" form.

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