High diversity in functional properties of melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) in divergent primate species is more strongly associated with phylogeny than coat color

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2001-2008

  Haitina, Tatjana ^a   Ringholm, Aneta ^a   Kelly, Joanne ^b   Mundy, Nicholas I ^c   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coat color; G protein coupled receptor; MC1; Melanocortin; MSH; Primate

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOBINAE; GENETICS; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MACACA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; RADIOASSAY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COLOBUS; CYCLIC AMP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; LEMUR; MACACA; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLATYRRHINI; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 35748935263     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm134     Document Type: Article

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