title: Evolutionary significance of proopiomelanocortin in agnatha and chondrichthyes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Kitasato University, Sanriku, 022-0101, Iwate, Japan. akiyoshi@kitasato-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sower
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018940:Elasmobranchii / Q000378:metabolism*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D011333:Pro-Opiomelanocortin