Person
Larhammar, Dan
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Biography and Research Interest
Professor of molecular cell biology at Uppsala University since 1994.
For CV and complete list of publications, see http://www.anst.uu.se/dla05000/
Research interests:
- Evolution of vertebrate genes involved in learning and long-term memory, with special focus on zebrafish.
- Evolution of vertebrate genes involved in vision, with special focus on zebrafish.
- Evolution of gene families in vertebrates, particularly neuronal and endocrine gene families such as peptide genes, receptor genes, ion channels, etc.
For CV and complete list of publications, see http://www.anst.uu.se/dla05000/
Research interests:
- Evolution of vertebrate genes involved in learning and long-term memory, with special focus on zebrafish.
- Evolution of vertebrate genes involved in vision, with special focus on zebrafish.
- Evolution of gene families in vertebrates, particularly neuronal and endocrine gene families such as peptide genes, receptor genes, ion channels, etc.
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Differential evolution of voltage-gated sodium channels in tetrapods and teleost fishes Jenny Widmark; Gorel Sundstrom; Daniel Ocampo Daza; Dan Larhammar
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2010; doi: 10.1093/molbev/msq257
Cerdá-Reverter, J. M., Martínez-Rodríguez, G., Zanuy, S., Carrillo, M., and Larhammar, D. Molecular evolution of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) family of peptides: cloning of NPY-related peptides from the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Regul. Peptides 95, 25-34 (2000).
The emphasis of the following article is on teleost peptides:
Cerdá-Reverter J. M. and Larhammar, D. Neuropeptide Y family of peptides: structure, anatomical expression, function, and molecular evolution. Biochem. Cell Biol. 78, 371-392 (2000).