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Calcitonin and Calcitonin-Related Peptide Genes

Tissue-Specific RNA Processing

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Molecular Cloning of Hormone Genes

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Abstract

The neuroendocrine system serves critical regulator and communicative functions during development and in the maintenance of physiological homeostasis. To serve these functions with requisite specificity and nuance, many diverse regulatory peptides are produced by various strategies. Complex regulatory mechanisms operate to restrict the expression of genes encoding neuroendocrine peptides to precise groups in neurons in the neural tissues and in specific cell types in peripheral organs. An understanding of the mechanisms by which expression of neuroendocrine genes is regulated is critical to achieve insights into the molecular mechanisms important in developmental processes.

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  1. Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Joel F. Habener

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Rosenfeld, M.G., Leff, S., Amara, S.G., Evans, R.M. (1987). Calcitonin and Calcitonin-Related Peptide Genes. In: Habener, J.F. (eds) Molecular Cloning of Hormone Genes. Molecular Biology and Biophysics. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4824-8_11

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