Elapid venom toxins: Multiple recruitments of ancient scaffolds

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 259, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 225-234

  Alape Girón, Alberto ^a,b   Persson, Bengt ^c   Cederlund, Ella ^c   Flores Díaz, Marietta ^a,b   Gutiérrez, José María ^a   Thelestam, Monica ^b   Bergman, Tomas ^c   Jörnvall, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Phospholipase A2; Protein evolution; Protein family; Structural comparisons; Toxic site

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTIONS; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; ELAPIDAE; MICRURUS NIGROCINCTUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033555268     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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