In silico searches for putative growth hormone family homologs in invertebrates

None of these search strategies could identify any putative invertebrate GH/PRL/SL homologs with the characteristic amino acid motif of the family, or indeed any significant sequence similarity. One sequence with high sequence identity to human PRL was identified from a tapeworm species; however this sequence is likely the result of horizontal gene transfer or contamination.

File information: In silico searches for putative growth hormone family homologs in invertebrates.pdf Description of methods and results, with references. 130723_Taenia_prl-hit_NJtree.phb Neighbor joining tree file in Newick format including the identified tapeworm sequence. Vertebrate species names are abbreviated to the first letter of the genus followed by the first two letters of the species (Hsa = Homo sapiens et. c.).