The cDNA sequence of an excitatory insect selective neurotoxin from the scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 335-341

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

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT VENOM; NEUROTOXIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; HUMANS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BUTHUS; INSECTA; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0032893839     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00176-7     Document Type: Article

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