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A novel form of oxytocin in New World monkeys.
Biology letters - 23 Aug 2011
Lee Alex G, Cool David R, Grunwald William C, Neal Donald E, Buckmaster Christine L, Cheng Michelle Y, Hyde Shellie A, Lyons David M, Parker Karen J
Abstract excerpt
Oxytocin is widely believed to be present and structurally identical in all placental mammals. Here, we report that multiple species of New World monkeys possess a novel form of oxytocin, [P8] oxytocin. This mutation arises from a substitution of a leucine to a proline in amino acid position 8. Further analysis of this mutation in Saimiri sciureus (squirrel monkey) indicates that [P8] oxytocin is transcribed and...
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