Slipins: ancient origin, duplication and diversification of the stomatin protein family

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Stomatin is a membrane protein that was first isolated from human red blood cells. Since then, a number of stomatin-like proteins have been identified in all three domains of life. The conservation among these proteins is remarkable,...

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Main Authors: Young J Peter W, Green Jasper B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/44