"Fertilins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sperm surface proteins involved in sperm-egg fusion. They consist of two subunits, fertilin alpha (ADAM1a) and beta (ADAM2), both of which belong to the metalloprotease-disintegrin protein family. The beta subunit does not have catalytic activity.
| Descriptor ID |
D000072196
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.675.374.102.750 D09.400.430.500.750 D12.776.395.033.750 D12.776.395.550.331
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| Concept/Terms |
Fertilins- Fertilins
- Fertilin Protein
- PH-30 Fusion Protein
- PH-30 Protein
- PH 30 Protein
- Fertilin
- PH 30 Fusion Protein
Fertilin alpha- Fertilin alpha
- alpha, Fertilin
- ADAM 1a Protein
- ADAM1a Protein
- PH-30 alpha
- PH 30 alpha
- alpha, PH-30
- ADAM1 Protein
Fertilin beta- Fertilin beta
- beta, Fertilin
- ADAM 2 Protein
- ADAM2 Protein
- PH-30 beta
- PH 30 beta
- beta, PH-30
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