Observations on the evolution of the melanocortin receptor gene family: distinctive features of the melanocortin-2 receptor
The melanocortin receptors are a gene family in the rhodopsin class of G protein-coupled receptors. Based on the analysis of several metazoan genome databases it appears that the melanocortin receptors are only found in chordates. The presence of five genes in the family (i.e., MC1R, MC2R, MC3R, MC4...
Main Author: | Robert Michael Dores |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2013.00028/full |
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