Function of the male-gamete-specific fusion protein HAP2 in a seven-sexed ciliate

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 2168-2173

  Cole, Eric S ^a   Cassidy Hanley, Donna ^b   Fricke Pinello, Jennifer ^b   Zeng, Hong ^b,c   Hsueh, Marion ^b   Kolbin, Daniel ^b   Ozzello, Courtney ^d   Giddings, Thomas ^d   Winey, Mark ^d   Clark, Theodore G ^b  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GERM CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 84908209290     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.064     Document Type: Article

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