The prolactin and growth hormone families: Pregnancy-specific hormones/cytokines at the maternal-fetal interface

Table 2 Members of the bovine and ovine PRL and GH gene families

Member	Abbreviation	Bovine GenBank Accession No.	Ovine GenBank Accession No.
Prolactin family members*
Prolactin	PRL	V00112	M27057
Placental lactogen	PL	NM_181007	M31660
Prolactin related protein-I	PRP-I	NM_174159	---
Prolactin related protein-II	PRP-II	M27239	---
Prolactin related protein-III	PRP-III	NM_174160	---
Prolactin related protein-IV	PRP-IV	M33269	---
Prolactin related protein-V	PRP-V	X15975	---
Prolactin related protein-VI	PRP-VI	X59504	---
Growth hormone family members
Growth hormone	GH	NM_180996	AH005460
Growth hormone2-Z	GH2-Z	---	AH005492

*Please note that the list of bovine and ovine PRL family members is probably not complete. Additional bovine PRL family members and possibly ovine PRL members may be discovered as bovine and ovine genome projects move forward.

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