Sperm nuclear basic proteins (SNBPs) of agnathans and chondrichthyans: Variability and evolution of sperm proteins in fish

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 422-431

  Saperas, Nuria ^a   Chiva, Manel ^a   Pfeiffer, David C ^b   Kasinsky, Harold E ^b   Ausió, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agnathans; Chondrichthyans; Evolution; Fish; Histones; Protamines; Sperm nuclear basic proteins (SNBPs)

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROTEIN; HISTONE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SPERM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DOGFISH; EVOLUTION; FISHES; HAGFISHES; HISTONES; LAMPREYS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PROTAMINES; SHARKS; SKATES (FISH); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALASPIDOMORPHI; CHONDRICHTHYES; HAGFISH; HYPEROTRETI; LAMPETRA; OSTEICHTHYES; PETROMYZONTIDAE; PISCES; RAJA RHINA; RHINA;

EID: 0030966097     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006162     Document Type: Article

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