Sequence and expression of the chicken calcitonin gene

Stéphane Minvielle, M. Cressent, M.C. Delehaye, N. Segond, G. Milhaud, Amandine Jullienne, M.S. Moukhtar, F. Lasmoles

FEBS Letters · 1987 · 33 citations · 24 references

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The avian calcitonin gene was isolated and sequenced; two mRNAs are expressed by tissue-specific alternate splicing. The peptides encoded by the mRNAs are the protein precursors of either calcitonin or calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Calcitonin is expressed predominantly in ultimobranchial bodies and CGRP in brain.

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