The molecular evolution of acrosin in placental mammals

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1196-1207

  Raterman, Denise ^a   Springer, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Positive selection; Secondary ligand; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; POSITIVE SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSIN; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 44849084713     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20868     Document Type: Article

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