Discovery of a Novel Prolactin in Non-Mammalian Vertebrates: Evolutionary Perspectives and Its Involvement in Teleost Retina Development

BACKGROUND: The three pituitary hormones, viz. prolactin (PRL), growth hormone (GH) and somatolactin (SL), together with the mammalian placental lactogen (PL), constitute a gene family of hormones with similar gene structure and encoded protein sequences. These hormones are believed to have evolved...

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Autores principales: Huang, Xigui, Hui, Michelle N. Y., Liu, Yun, Yuen, Don S. H., Zhang, Yong, Chan, Wood Yee, Lin, Hao Ran, Cheng, Shuk Han, Cheng, Christopher H. K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19584915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006163

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19584915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006163

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