The cDNA and genomic DNA sequences of a mammalian neurotoxin from the scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1025-1031

  Xiong, Yu Mei ^a   Ling, Min Hua ^b   Wang, Da Cheng ^a   Chi, Cheng Wu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENETIC CODE; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANDROCTONUS; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS HECTOR; BUTHUS; MAMMALIA; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0030874179     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00224-3     Document Type: Article

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