Molecular evolution and diversification of snake toxin genes, revealed by analysis of intron sequences

Gene

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 111-118

  Fujimi, T J ^a   Nakajyo, T ^a   Nishimura, E ^a   Ogura, E ^a   Tsuchiya, T ^a   Tamiya, T ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiotoxin; Cobrotoxin; Erabutoxin; Gene organization; LsIII; Matrix attached region; Snake toxin; Three finger structure toxin; Bungarotoxin; Neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

ERABUTOXIN; ERABUTOXIN A; ERABUTOXIN B; ERABUTOXIN C; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA; LATICAUDA SEMIFASCIATA; SERPENTES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; ERABUTOXINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDROPHIDAE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0242317451     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00637-1     Document Type: Article

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