Sequence divergence within the sperm-specific polypeptide TCTE1 is correlated with species-specific differences in sperm binding to zona-intact eggs

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-188

  Juneja, Renu ^a   Agulnik, Sergei I ^a   Silver, Lee M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg binding; Evolution; Fitness; Sperm; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERBIL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; PROTEINS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031926125     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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