Article
Comparison of the bindin proteins of Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, S. purpuratus, and Lytechinus variegatus: sequences involved in the species specificity of fertilization.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 1991
Minor J E, Fromson D R, Britten R J, Davidson E H
Abstract excerpt
Bindin is the sea urchin sperm acrosomal protein that is responsible for the species-specific adhesion of the sperm to the egg. Two new bindin cDNA sequences that contain the entire open reading frame for the binding precursor are reported: one for Strongylocentrotus franciscanus and one for Lyte...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- DNA
- Female
- Fertilization
- Genetic Variation
- Glycoproteins
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Messenger
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Sea Urchins
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Species Specificity