The serendipitous origin of chordate secretin peptide family members

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The secretin family is a pleotropic group of brain-gut peptides with affinity for class 2 G-protein coupled receptors (secretin family GPCRs) proposed to have emerged early in the metazoan radiation via gene or genome duplications. I...

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Main Authors: Gomes Ana S, Vieira Florbela A, Cardoso João CR, Power Deborah M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/10/135