Positive selection within sperm-egg adhesion domains of fertilin: An ADAM gene with a potential role in fertilization

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Civetta, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilin; Fertilization; Gene duplication; Mammals; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; DISINTEGRIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FERTILIN; GENE PRODUCT; METALLOPROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; EGG; FERTILIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMATE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPERM;

ADAM PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FERTILIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

HOMINIDAE; MACACA; MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS;

EID: 0037227364     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg002     Document Type: Article

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