spe-9

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Genetic Position I 9.41
Physical Location Cosmids Y30G12, Y47H9, Y66B3, R12G2
Sequence

mRNA coding sequence: Genbank Accession AF049327

Protein: PID g3015635

Cloned By L'Hernault Lab
Homologies Contains EGF-like repeats
Mutant Alleles

hc52ts, hc88ts, eb19, eb23

Strains available from CGC

Effect of Mutations Hermaphrodites and males produce motile sperm that are fertilization-defective.
References

L'Hernault, S.W., D.C. Shakes, and S. Ward. (1988) Developmental genetics of chromosome I spermatogenesis-defective mutants in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 120, 434-452.

Singson, A, K.B. Mercer, and S.W. L'Hernault( 1998) The C. elegans spe-9 gene encodes a sperm transmembrane protein that contains EGF-like repeats and is required for fertilization. Cell 93: 71-79.

 

ACEDB/WormPD ACEDB data
WormPD data

  
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