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Reduced reliance on the trace element selenium during evolution of mammals
BACKGROUND: Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element that occurs in proteins in the form of selenocysteine (Sec). It is transported throughout the body in the form of Sec residues in Selenoprotein P (SelP), a plasma protein of unclear origin recently proposed as an experimental marker of dietary...
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2397514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18377657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2008-9-3-r62 |