Conorfamide, a Conus venom peptide belonging to the RFamide family of neuropeptides

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-407

  Maillo, M ^a,b   Aguilar, M B ^a   Lopez Vera E ^a   Craig, A G ^c   Bulaj, G ^d   Olivera, B M ^d   Heimer De La Cotera, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conus venom; ENaC channels; Molluscs; Neuropeptide; RFamide peptides

Indexed keywords

CONORFAMIDE SR1; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES;

CONUS SPURIUS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0036135734     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00176-3     Document Type: Article

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