Isolation of a funnel-web spider polypeptide with homology to mamba intestinal toxin 1 and the embryonic head inducer Dickkopf-1

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 429-442

  Szeto, Tim H ^a   Wang, Xiu Hong ^b   Smith, Ross ^c   Connor, Mark ^d   Christie, MacDonald J ^d   Nicholson, Graham M ^e   King, Glenn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLIPASE; SPIDER VENOM;

ARTICLE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; VAS DEFERENS; VENOMS;

ARANEAE; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; DIPLURIDAE; HADRONYCHE VERSUTA; SUIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033991706     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00174-9     Document Type: Article

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