Mammalian genome projects reveal new growth hormone (GH) sequences. Characterization of the GH-encoding genes of armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), bat (Myotis lucifugus), hyrax (Procavia capensis), shrew (Sorex araneus), ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus), elephant (Loxodonta africana), cat (Felis catus) and opossum (Monodelphis domestica)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-279

  Wallis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus); Bat (Myotis lucifugus); Cat (Felis catus); Comparative; Elephant (Loxodonta africana); Episodic molecular evolution; Gene; Genomic DNA; Ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus); Growth hormone; Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus); Hyrax (Procavia capensis); Mammal; Opossum (Monodelphis domestica); Shrew (Sorex araneus)

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BAT; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELEPHANT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HEDGEHOG; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HYRAX; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHREW; SQUIRREL;

EID: 37549021079     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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