Browsing by Author "Srouji, John R."
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Convergent Evolution of Novel Protein Function in Shrew and Lizard Venom
Aminetzach, Yael T.; Srouji, John Robert; Kong, Chung Yin; Hoekstra, Hopi E. (Elsevier BV, 2009)How do proteins evolve novel functions? To address this question, we are studying the evolution of a mammalian toxin, the serine protease BLTX [1], from the salivary glands of the North American shrew Blarina brevicauda. ... -
A Structural and Functional Investigation of Germ Plasm Organization Mediated by D. Melanogaster Oskar Protein
Srouji, John (2015-09-25)Germ cells are the unique source of gametes for multicellular organisms and are specified through different mechanisms. One such specification mechanism is inheritance-mediated, in which the molecular factors necessary and ...