The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) has two very similar semenogelin genes as the result of gene conversion

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 604-610

  Valtonen André, Camilla ^a,d   Olsson, A Yvonne ^a   Kullberg, Morgan ^b   Nayudu, Penelope L ^c   Lundwall, Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^d MAS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Male reproductive tract; Seminal vesicles; Sperm; Sperm motility and transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SEMG1; PROTEIN SEMG2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; MARMOSET; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMG1 GENE; SEMG2 GENE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALLITHRIX; GENE CONVERSION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS;

EID: 33947515265     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.057661     Document Type: Article

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