Evolutionary genomics reveals lineage-specific gene loss and rapid evolution of a sperm-specific ion channel complex: CatSpers and CatSperβ

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Cai, Xinjiang ^a   Clapham, David E ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CATSPER BETA PROTEIN; CATSPER PROTEIN; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CATSPER1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CATSPERBETA PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL LINEAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME;

MAMMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL LINEAGE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55849098087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003569     Document Type: Article

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