Table 1.
Members of the mouse and rat PRL and GH gene families
| Member | Abbreviation | Mouse GenBank Accession No. | Rat GenBank Accession No. |
| Prolactin family members* | |||
| Prolactin | PRL | NM_011164 | NM_012629 |
| Placental lactogen-Iα | PL-Iα | AF525162 | D21103 |
| Placental lactogen-Iβ | PL-Iβ | NM_172155 | --- |
| Placental lactogen-Iγ | PL-Iγ | NM_172156 | --- |
| Placental lactogen-I variant | PL-Iv | --- | NM_033233 |
| Placental lactogen-II | PL-II | M14647 | M13749 |
| Proliferin-1 | PLF-1 | NM_031191 | --- |
| Proliferin-2 | PLF-2 | K03235 | --- |
| Proliferin-3 | PLF-3 | NM_011954 | --- |
| Proliferin-4 | PLF-4 | AF128884 | --- |
| Proliferin-related protein | PLF-RP | NM_011120 | NM_053364 |
| Prolactin-like protein-A | PLP-A | NM_011165 | NM_017036 |
| Prolactin-like protein-B | PLP-B | NM_011166 | M31155 |
| Prolactin-like protein-C | PLP-C | --- | NM_173110 |
| Prolactin-like protein-C variant | PLP-Cv | --- | NM_020079 |
| Prolactin-like protein-Cα | PLP-Cα | NM_011167 | --- |
| Prolactin-like protein-Cβ | PLP-Cβ | NM_023332 | NM_134385 |
| Prolactin-like protein-Cγ | PLP-Cγ | NM_023741 | --- |
| Prolactin-like protein-Cδ | PLP-Cδ | NM_028477 | --- |
| Prolactin-like protein-D | PLP-D | --- | NM_022537 |
| Prolactin-like protein-H | PLP-H | --- | NM_021580 |
| Decidual prolactin-related protein | DPRP | NM_010088 | NM_022846 |
| Prolactin-like protein-E | PLP-E | NM_008930 | --- |
| Prolactin-like protein-F | PLP-F | NM_011168 | NM_022530 |
| Prolactin-like protein-I | PLP-I | AF525154 | NM_153736 |
| Prolactin-like protein-J | PLP-J | NM_013766 | NM_031316 |
| Prolactin-like protein-K | PLP-K | NM_025532 | NM_138861 |
| Prolactin-like protein-L | PLP-L | NM_023746 | NM_138527 |
| Prolactin-like protein-M | PLP-M | NM_019991 | NM_053791 |
| Prolactin-like protein-N | PLP-N | AF525156 | NM_153738 |
| Prolactin-like protein-O | PLP-O | NM_026206 | --- |
| Growth hormone family member | |||
| Growth hormone | GH | NM_008117 | V01237 |
*Please note that additional candidate rat PRL family genes have been identified from the rat genome project, which have not yet been investigated.