Conservation of pregnancy-specific glycoprotein (PSG) N domains following independent expansions of the gene families in rodents and primates
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Rodent and primate pregnancy-specific glycoprotein (<it>PSG</it>) gene families have expanded independently from a common ancestor and are expressed virtually exclusively in placental trophoblasts. However, within each sp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2005-06-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/39 |