Semenogelin II Gene Is Replaced by a Truncated LINE1 Repeat in the Cotton-Top Tamarin

• Published in: Biology of reproduction Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 420 - 425
• Main Authors: LUNDWALL, Ake, OLSSON, A. Yvonne M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison, WI Society for the Study of Reproduction 01.08.2001
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Mammalian male genital system; Morphology. Physiology; Vertebrates: reproduction; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Saguinus oedipus; Semenogelin; Gene; Nucleotide sequence; Seminal vesicle; Primates; Simioidea; Molecular cloning; Male genital system

The human seminal vesicles secrete two proteins, semenogelin I and semenogelin II, at very high concentrations. It has previously been shown that the cotton-top tamarin ( Sanguinus oedipus ), a New World monkey, is lacking the semenogelin II gene. We have now determined the nucleotide sequence of DN...