Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Revisiting the gastrin-releasing peptide/bombesin system: A reverse-evolutionary study considering Xenopus
A. Hirooka, M. Hamada, D. Fujiyama…·H. Sakamoto
This study investigates the evolutionary relationships of the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and bombesin systems in vertebrates using Xenopus tropicalis, showing GRP is not a mammalian counterpart of bombesin and that the NMB/bombesin system has diversified in frogs.
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-92528-x