Conopeptides from Conus striatus and Conus textile by cDNA cloning

Peptides

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1139-1144

  Bai Song, Lu ^a   Fang, Yu ^a   Dong, Zhao ^a   Pei Tang, Huang ^a   Cui Fen, Huang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conotoxin; Cone snails; Conopeptide; Conus striatus; Conus textile; O Superfamily conotoxin; Rapid amplification of 3' cDNA ends

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA;

ARTICLE; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SNAILS;

CONUS STRIATUS; CONUS TEXTILE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032714734     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(99)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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