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- Title
Revised genomic structure of the human ghrelin gene and identification of novel exons, alternative splice variants and natural antisense transcripts.
- Authors
Seim, Inge; Collet, Chris; Herington, Adrian C; Chopin, Lisa K
- Abstract
Ghrelin is a multifunctional peptide hormone expressed in a range of normal tissues and pathologies. It has been reported that the human ghrelin gene consists of five exons which span 5 kb of genomic DNA on chromosome 3 and includes a 20 bp non-coding first exon (20 bp exon 0). The availability of bioinformatic tools enabling comparative analysis and the finalisation of the human genome prompted us to re-examine the genomic structure of the ghrelin locus.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2007, Vol 8, p298
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-8-298