The primary structure of a chondrichthyan protamine: A new apparent contradiction in protamine evolution

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 528-535

  Saperas, Núria ^a   Buesa, Carlos ^b   Abián, Joaquín ^c   Vandekerckhove, Joël ^b   Kasinsky, Harold E ^d   Chiva, Manel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Primary structure; Protamine; Sperm nucleic basic proteins

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTAMINE; SPERM NUCLEUS BASIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FISH; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALIA; CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; CHIMAERIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; HYDROLAGUS COLLIEI; OSTEICHTHYES; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA;

EID: 0029914193     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02337524     Document Type: Article

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