Molecular evolution of the opioid/orphanin gene family

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-186

  Danielson, Phillip B ^a   Dores, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN; OPIATE; PRODYNORPHIN; PROENKEPHALIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032913918     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7206     Document Type: Review

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