Emergence and evolution of the glycoprotein hormone and neurotrophin gene families in vertebrates
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The three vertebrate pituitary glycoprotein hormones (GPH) are heterodimers of a common α and a specific β subunit. In human, they are located on different chromosomes but in a similar genomic environment. We took advantage of the av...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-11-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/332 |