title: Abalone sperm lysin: unusual mode of evolution of a gamete recognition protein.
authors.affiliation: Center for Marine Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California 92093-0202.
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Vacquier
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008974:Mollusca / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009088:Mucoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014817:Vitelline Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009088:Mucoproteins; C010393:lysin, gastropoda