Phocid seal leptin: Tertiary structure and hydrophobic receptor binding site Preservation during Distinct leptin Gene Evolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hammond, John A ^a   Hauton, Chris ^b   Bennett, Kimberley A ^c   Hall, Ailsa J ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLADISTICS; DIVING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOCIDAE; PHYLOGENY; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CETACEA; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOCA; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CHIROPTERA; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE; PRIMATES;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BINDING SITES; CETACEA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LEPTIN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SEALS, EARLESS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84859823930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035395     Document Type: Article

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