Do some viruses use growth hormone, prolactin and their receptors to facilitate entry into cells?
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DOI: 10.1002/bies.202000268
Abstract: The molecular evolution of pituitary growth hormone and prolactin in mammals shows two unusual features: episodes of markedly accelerated evolution and, in some species, complex families of related proteins expressed in placenta and resulting from… read more here.
Keywords: prolactin receptors; growth hormone; hormone prolactin;
Discovery of prolactin-like in lamprey: Role in osmoregulation and new insight into the evolution of the growth hormone/prolactin family
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2212196119
Abstract: Significance Jawless fishes (agnathans), one of the oldest groups of living vertebrates, provide a unique opportunity to study the origin and divergence of genes as well as the evolution of hormone function. We identified in… read more here.
Keywords: family; role; growth hormone; hormone prolactin ... See more keywords