Immortal coils: Conserved dimerization motifs of the Drosophila ovulation prohormone ovulin

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-310

  Wong, Alex ^a   Christopher, Adam B ^a   Buehner, Norene A ^a   Wolfner, Mariana F ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Dimerization; Drosophila; Evolution; Ovulin prohormone; Reproduction; Seminal proteins

Indexed keywords

ACP26AA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77950370871     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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