An unusual form of purifying selection in a sperm protein

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 278-283

  Rooney, Alejandro P ^b   Zhang, Jianzhi ^a   Nei, Masatoshi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arginine; Nucleotide composition bias; Protamine; Selection

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; DNA BINDING; EVOLUTION; GENE; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; EUTELEOSTOMI; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033956680     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026307     Document Type: Article

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