Composition and Evolution of the Vertebrate and Mammalian Selenoproteomes

BACKGROUND: Selenium is an essential trace element in mammals due to its presence in proteins in the form of selenocysteine (Sec). Human genome codes for 25 Sec-containing protein genes, and mouse and rat genomes for 24. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We characterized the selenoproteomes of 44 sequ...

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Main Authors: Mariotti, Marco, Ridge, Perry G., Zhang, Yan, Lobanov, Alexei V., Pringle, Thomas H., Guigo, Roderic, Hatfield, Dolph L., Gladyshev, Vadim N.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3316567/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22479358
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033066
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