Aspartic Proteinase Phylogeny and the Origin of Pregnancy-Associated Glycoproteins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1940-1945

  Hughes, Austin L ^a   Green, Jonathan A ^a   Piontkivska, Helen ^a   Roberts, R Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; PAGs; Pregnancy associated glycoprotiens

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PEPSIN A; PEPSIN F; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TROPHOBLAST; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DATABASES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPSIN A; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TROPHOBLASTS;

ARTIODACTYLA; AVES; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0242666273     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg217     Document Type: Article

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