Molecular cloning, characterization and evolution of the gene encoding a new group of short-chain α-neurotoxins in an Australian elapid, Pseudonaja textilis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 473, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-310

  Gong, NanLing ^a   Armugam, Arunmozhiarasi ^a   Jeyaseelan, Kandiah ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Neurotoxin; Gene structure; Molecular evolution; Organization; Pseudonaja textilis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NEUROTOXIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELAPID VENOMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES;

ELAPIDAE; PSEUDONAJA TEXTILIS;

EID: 0034685705     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01549-0     Document Type: Article

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