The evolution of seminal ribonuclease: Pseudogene reactivation or multiple gene inactivation events?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1012-1024

  Sassi, Slim O ^a   Braun, Edward L ^b   Benner, Steven A ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR APPLIED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Novel function; Pseudogene; Ruminant; Seminal ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOGENE; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; RIBONUCLEASES; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEMEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE;

BOS; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34047199274     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm020     Document Type: Article

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