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Pseudogenization of the Humanin gene is common in the mitochondrial DNA of many vertebrates

In the human the peptide Humanin is produced from the small Humanin gene which is embedded as a gene-within-a-gene in the 16S ribosomal molecule of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The peptide itself appears to be significant in the prevention of cell death in many tissues and improve cognition in ani...

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Published in:Zool Res
Main Author: Logan, Ian S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Science Press 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5571476/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28825450
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2017.049
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