Abstract
A cDNA library has been constructed in the plasmid pBR322 using a large size class of RNA derived from chicken embryonic leg muscle as the template material. A clone containing a 2350-base pair insert was selected and identified as coding for the myosin heavy chain sequence, based upon its ability to hybridize to genomic myosin heavy chain clones, and by direct nucleotide sequencing. Cross-hybridization experiments with myosin heavy chain genomic clones, and mRNAs derived from different muscle types were used to explore the heterogeneity of the various myosin heavy chain isoforms at the level of the coding sequences. Although extensive sequence homology with the other isoforms was observed, a fast white isoform-specific subclone was constructed, and used to demonstrate that different genes code for the adult and embryonic fast white myosin heavy chain proteins.
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