Evolution of selenoproteins in the metazoan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The selenocysteine (Sec) containing proteins, selenoproteins, are an important group of proteins present throughout all 3 kingdoms of life. With the rapid progression of selenoprotein research in the post-genomic era, application of...

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Main Authors: Jiang Liang, Ni Jiazuan, Liu Qiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/13/446