Genomic and proteomic analyses reveal non-neofunctionalized vitellogenins in a basal clupeocephalan, the atlantic herring, and point to the origin of maturational yolk proteolysis in marine teleosts

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1029-1044

  Kristoffersen, Børge A ^a,b   Nerland, Audun ^b,c   Nilsen, Frank ^a,c   Kolarevic, Jelena ^a,d   Finn, Roderick Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Egg yolk proteins; Gene duplication; Lysosome; Oocyte hydration; Osmoregulation; Vitellogenin; Yolk proteolysis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PHOSVITIN; VITELLOGENIN; YOLK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERRING; HYDRATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TELEOST; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAYES THEOREM; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EGG YOLK; FISHES; GENOME; INTRONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOMICS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VITELLOGENINS;

ACANTHOMORPHA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIFORMES; DANIO RERIO; OSTARIOPHYSAN; OSTARIOPHYSI; PETROMYZONTIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 65349134278     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp014     Document Type: Article

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