Evolutionary Origins of the Transforming Growth Factor-β Gene Family

ABSTRACT A molecular phylogeny for the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) gene family based on a comparison of nucleotide sequences is proposed. A phylogenetic tree constructed from these sequenc...

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