Functional characterization of two melanocortin (MC) receptors in lamprey showing orthology to the MC1 and MC4 receptor subtypes. [electronic resource]
- BMC evolutionary biology Jun 2007
- 101 p. digital
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
1471-2148
10.1186/1471-2148-7-101 doi
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone--metabolism Amino Acid Sequence Animals Binding Sites Binding, Competitive Cell Line, Transformed Cosyntropin--metabolism Cyclic AMP--metabolism Evolution, Molecular Gene Duplication Gene Library Hagfishes--genetics Humans Molecular Sequence Data Organ Specificity Peptide Fragments--metabolism Peptides, Cyclic--metabolism Petromyzon--genetics Phylogeny Pro-Opiomelanocortin--genetics Protein Binding Protein Interaction Mapping Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1--genetics Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4--genetics Receptors, Melanocortin--metabolism Recombinant Fusion Proteins--metabolism Second Messenger Systems Sequence Alignment Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Skin--metabolism Species Specificity Viscera--metabolism alpha-MSH--analogs & derivatives beta-MSH--metabolism gamma-MSH--metabolism