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Unusual Genomic Structure: Melanocortin Receptors in Fugu.
- Source :
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; 2005, Vol. 1040 Issue 1, p460-463, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- The melanocortin (MC) receptors are found in five subtypes in mammals and chicken, while recent studies have shown that the Fugu (Takifugu rubripes) genome has only four MC receptors and the zebrafish genome has six subtypes. The MC3 receptor seems to be missing from the two closely related pufferfishes, Fugu and Tetraodon (Tetraodon nigroviridis). The MC2 and MC5 receptors in the pufferfish have introns. Moreover, these two receptors are found in a tandem that is remarkably conserved in several vertebrate species. Here, we speculate about the genomic origin of the MC receptors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FUGU
ZEBRA danio
GENOMES
INTRONS
VERTEBRATES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00778923
- Volume :
- 1040
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25254113
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1196/annals.1327.090