Isolation, characterization and comparison of Atlantic and Chinook salmon growth hormone 1 and 2

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Growth hormone (GH) is an important regulator of skeletal growth, as well as other adapted processes in salmonids. The GH gene (<it>gh</it>) in salmonids is represented by duplicated, non-allelic isoforms designated as &l...

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Main Authors: Davidson William S, Robb Adrienne, Beetz-Sargent Marianne R, Straub Christopher A, Goh Benjamin, Lubieniecki Krzysztof P, de Boer Johan, Yazawa Ryosuke, von Schalburg Kristian R, Devlin Robert H, Koop Ben F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/522