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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1986 Nov 01;8322:8634-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.83.22.8634.
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Sequence of mRNA coding for bindin, a species-specific sea urchin sperm protein required for fertilization.

Gao B , Klein LE , Britten RJ , Davidson EH .


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Bindin, a major protein of the sea urchin acrosome granule, mediates the species-specific adhesion and binding of sperm to egg required to effect fertilization. We report the isolation and sequence of bindin cDNA clones prepared from Strongylocentrotus purpuratus testis RNA. The bindin gene appears to be productively expressed only in males and only in testes. The protein is produced from a 51-kDa precursor, which is subsequently processed to yield the mature 24-kDa bindin protein.

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Genes referenced: bindin LOC100887844

References [+] :
BURGOS, Studies on the fine structure of the mammalian testis. I. Differentiation of the spermatids in the cat (Felis domestica). 1955, Pubmed