A novel neurotoxin, cobrotoxin b, from Naja naja atra (Taiwan cobra) venom: Purification, characterization, and gene organization

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1252-1259

  Chang, Long Sen ^a   Chou, Yii Cheng ^b   Lin, Shinne Ren ^a   Wu, Bin Nan ^a   Lin, Jordge ^a   Hong, Enjong ^a   Sun, Yuh Ju ^c   Hsiao, Chwan Deng ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Evolutionary divergence; Genomic structure; SnoRNA gene; Taiwan cobra neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

COBROTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ATRA; HYDROPHIINAE; LATICAUDA SEMIFASCIATA; NAJA ATRA; NAJA NAJA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031447137     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021889     Document Type: Article

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