Structure and expression of the variant melanin-concentrating hormone genes: only PMCHL1 is transcribed in the developing human brain and encodes a putative protein.

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PMCHL1 and PMCHL2 are two copies of the so-called variant melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) gene that are located, respectively, on human chromosome 5p14 and 5q13 and that emerged recently during primate evolution. They correspond to a 5'-end truncated version of the MCH gene mapped on chromosome 12q23 and encoding a neuropeptide precursor. The gene organization and regulation of the expression of the variant...

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