Figure 9

Structure of genes at the GHRLOS locus. Structure of the human GHRLOS (top) and ghrelin (GHRL) (bottom) genes. Exons are shown as boxes and introns as lines. Genes on the positive DNA strand are displayed above the double-lines, while genes on the negative DNA strand are shown below. Arrows indicate transcription start sites of GHRLOS transcripts. Ghrelin (GHRL) exons are shown in grey, and GHRLOS in black. A novel exon of a putative SEC13 variant, SEC13-T is shown as white boxes. The terminal exon 8 of TATDN2 is indicated by a dotted line.