Smelt was the likely beneficiary of an antifreeze gene laterally transferred between fishes

Smelt was the likely beneficiary of an antifreeze gene laterally transferred between fishes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Type II antifreeze protein (AFP) from the rainbow smelt, <it>Osmerus mordax</it>, is a calcium-dependent C-type lectin homolog, similar to the AFPs from herring and sea raven. While C-type lectins are ubiquitous, type II...

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Main Authors: Graham Laurie A, Li Jieying, Davidson William S, Davies Peter L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Ice-binding
Horizontal gene transfer
Antifreeze protein
<it>Osmerus mordax</it>
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/190

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