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Organization of the Mouse Ghrelin Gene and Promoter: Occurrence of a Short Noncoding First Exon
1 Aug 2001
Abstract excerpt
Ghrelin is a growth hormone-releasing peptide recently discovered in the stomach of rat and human as an endogenous ligand for growth hormone-secretagogue receptor. In the present study, a full-length cDNA for mouse ghrelin has been cloned from the stomach using the oligo-capping and rapid amplification methods, and the organization of its gene and promoter has been analyzed. The mouse ghrelin cDNA was 521 bp...
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