title: A growth hormone pseudogene in the salmon genome.
abstract: Representatives of the fish family Salmonidae were reported to possess two nonallelic growth hormone (GH)-encoding genes. In addition to those, we found a third GH-like sequence in a chum salmon genomic DNA library. A number of point mutations and large deletions abolished the possibility of expressing this sequence, showing that the chum salmon genomic DNA contains a GH pseudogene besides functional GH genes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Kavsan
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Koval
authors.lastname: Palamarchuk AJu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017354:Point Mutation; D011544:Pseudogenes; D012474:Salmon / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone