Evolution of the relaxin-like peptide family

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The relaxin-like peptide family belongs in the insulin superfamily and consists of 7 peptides of high structural but low sequence similarity; relaxin-1, 2 and 3, and the insulin-like (INSL) peptides, INSL3, INSL4, INSL5 and INSL6. Th...

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Main Authors: Tregear Geoffrey W, Speed Terence P, Wilkinson Tracey N, Bathgate Ross AD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-02-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/14