Lateral Transfer of a Lectin-Like Antifreeze Protein Gene in Fishes

Fishes living in icy seawater are usually protected from freezing by endogenous antifreeze proteins (AFPs) that bind to ice crystals and stop them from growing. The scattered distribution of five highly diverse AFP types across phylogenetically disparate fish species is puzzling. The appearance of r...

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Autores principales: Graham, Laurie A., Lougheed, Stephen C., Ewart, K. Vanya, Davies, Peter L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002616

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002616

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