Widespread presence of human BOULE homologs among animals and conservation of their ancient reproductive function

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Shah, Chirag ^a   VanGompel, Michael J W ^a   Naeem, Villian ^a   Chen, Yanmei ^a   Lee, Terrance ^a   Angeloni, Nicholas ^a   Wang, Yin ^a   Xu, Eugene Yujun ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN BOULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BOLL PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INFERTILITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CHORDATA; EUMETAZOA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 77957347751     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001022     Document Type: Article

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