Insights into the evolution of the ErbB receptor family and their ligands from sequence analysis

Table 2 List of Receptors

Receptor^a	Species^b
EGF receptor	an, c, cb, ce, ch, ci, co, cv, d, dm, dp, ds, ef, em, f, h, hb, m, op, p, r, rh, sm, t, xt, xx, yf, z
ErbB2	ch, co, d, f, h, m, ma, op, r, rh, t, xt, z
ErbB3	c, ch, co, d, f(2), h, m, o, op, r, rh, t(2), xt, z(2)
ErbB4	c, ch, d, f(2), h, m, r, rh, t(2), xt, z

^aList of receptors used in the evolutionary analysis.
^bList of species for each receptor. The number in parentheses indicates the number of copies of the receptor found in that species. The abbreviations used are as follows:
an: Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito); c: Pan troglodytes (chimp); cb: Caenorhabditis briggsae; ce: Caenorhabditis elegans; ch: Gallus gallus (chicken); ci: Ciona intestinalis; co: Bos taurus (cow); cv: Caenorhabditis vulgaris; d: Canis familiaris (dog); dm: Drosophila melanogaster; dp: Drosophila pseudoobscura; ds: Drosophila simulans; ef: Ephydatia fluviatilis; em: Echinococcus multilocularis; f: Takifugu rubripes (fugu); h: Homo sapiens (human); hb: Apis mellifera (honey bee); m: Mus musculus (mouse); ma: Mesocricetus auratus (golden hamster); mo: Anopheles gambiae (mosquito); o: Pongo pygmaeus (orangutan); op: Monodelphis domestica (opossum); p: Sus scrofa (pig); r: Rattus novegicus (rat); rh: Macaca mulatta (rhesus monkey); sm: Schistosoma mansoni; t: Tetraodon nigroviridis (tetraodon); xt: Xenopus tropicalis; xx: Xiphiphorus xiphidium; yf: Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito); z: Danio rerio (zebrafish)

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