Characterization of ostrich (<i>Struthio camelus</i>) β‐microseminoprotein (MSP): Ideication of homologous sequences in EST databases and analysis of their evolution during speciation

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Beta-microseminoprotein, alternatively called prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids, is a hydrophilic, unglycosylated, small protein rich in conserved half-cystine residues. Originally found in human seminal plasma and prostatic fluids, its presence was later shown in numerous secretions and its homologs were described in many vertebrate species. These studies showed that this protein had rapidly evolved,...