Postsynaptic α-neurotoxin gene of the spitting cobra, Naja naja sputatrix: Structure, organization, and phylogenetic analysis

Genome Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-266

  Afifiyan, Fatemeh ^a   Armugam, Arunmoziarasi ^a   Tan, Chee Hong ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam ^a   Jeyaseelan, Kandiah ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CARDIOTOXIN; CYTOSINE; NEUROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA; SNAKE VENOM; THYMINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; EVOLUTION; EXON; EXTENSION GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; TATA BOX;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; NAJA NAJA; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; NAJA SPUTATRIX; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0032922732     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.9.3.259     Document Type: Article

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