Evolution of POMC: Origin, phylogeny, posttranslational processing, and the melanocortins

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1220, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-48

  Dores, Robert M ^a   Baron, Andrea J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Evolution; Melanocortins; POMC; MSH; endorphin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN; NOCICEPTIN RECEPTOR; OPIATE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AGNATHA; CHONDRICHTHYES; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE);

EID: 79952483291     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05928.x     Document Type: Article

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