Toxic peptides and genes encoding toxin γ of the Brazilian scorpions Tityus bahiensis and Tityus stigmurus

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 753-760

  Becerril, Baltazar ^a   Corona, Miguel ^a   Coronas, Fredy I V ^a   Zamudio, Fernando ^a   Calderon Aranda, Emma S ^b   Fletcher Jr , Paul L ^c   Martin, Brian M ^d   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Univ   (Mexico)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; LYSINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; RABBIT ANTISERUM; SCORPION VENOM; TITYUS TOXIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SCORPION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCORPIONES; TITYUS BAHIENSIS; TITYUS SERRULATUS; TITYUS STIGMURUS;

EID: 0030032810     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bj3130753     Document Type: Article

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