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. 1990 Dec;10(12):6775–6780. doi: 10.1128/mcb.10.12.6775

A relative of the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase in Aplysia spermatozoa.

S Beushausen 1, H Bayley 1
PMCID: PMC362957  PMID: 1701024

Abstract

Transcripts encoding CAPL-B, an apparent member of the cyclic-nucleotide-regulated kinase subfamily in Aplysia californica, are found exclusively in the ovotestis and are concentrated in meiotic and postmeiotic spermatogenic cells. The CAPL-B polypeptide is present in mature spermatozoa, suggesting that the kinase plays a part in regulating events associated with fertilization.

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