Seminal-type ribonuclease genes in ruminants, sequence conservation without protein expression?

Gene

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 147-153

  Kleineidam, Reinhard G ^a   Jekel, Peter A ^a   Beintema, Jaap J ^a   Situmorang, Polmer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Balai Penelitian Ternak   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Bubalus bubalis; Ribonuclease; Ruminants; Seminal ribonuclease; Water buffalo

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; RIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; BUFFALO; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOGENE; SPERM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBONUCLEASES; RUMINANTS; SEMEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033614423     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00095-5     Document Type: Article

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