In:
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Wiley, Vol. 1040, No. 1 ( 2005-04), p. 460-463
Abstract:
A bstract : The melanocortin (MC) receptors are found in five subtypes in mammals and chicken, while recent studies have shown that the Fugu ( Takifugu rubripes ) genome has only four MC receptors and the zebrafish genome has six subtypes. The MC3 receptor seems to be missing from the two closely related pufferfishes, Fugu and Tetraodon ( Tetraodon nigroviridis ). The MC2 and MC5 receptors in the pufferfish have introns. Moreover, these two receptors are found in a tandem that is remarkably conserved in several vertebrate species. Here, we speculate about the genomic origin of the MC receptors.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0077-8923
,
1749-6632
DOI:
10.1196/annals.1327.090
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2005
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2834079-6
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211003-9
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2071584-5
SSG:
11
