Cobrotoxin: Structure and function

Journal of Natural Toxins

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-233

  Yang, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; COBROTOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYSINE; NAJA NAJA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; COBRA NEUROTOXINS; DISULFIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; IMMUNE SERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAKE VENOMS;

EID: 0033152511     PISSN: 10588108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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