Smelt was the likely beneficiary of an antifreeze gene laterally transferred between fishes

BACKGROUND: Type II antifreeze protein (AFP) from the rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, is a calcium-dependent C-type lectin homolog, similar to the AFPs from herring and sea raven. While C-type lectins are ubiquitous, type II AFPs are only found in a few species in three widely separated branches of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Graham, Laurie A, Li, Jieying, Davidson, William S, Davies, Peter L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23009612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-190

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23009612
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-190

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