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Title
Composition and evolution of the vertebrate and mammalian selenoproteomes.
Authors
Mariotti, Marco; Ridge, Perry G; Zhang, Yan; Lobanov, Alexei V; Pringle, Thomas H; Guigo, Roderic; Hatfield, Dolph L; Gladyshev, Vadim N
Abstract
Selenium is an essential trace element in mammals due to its presence in proteins in the form of selenocysteine (Sec). Human genome codes for 25 Sec-containing protein genes, and mouse and rat genomes for 24.