cDNA cloning of two A-superfamily conotoxins from Conus striatus

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 613-619

  Wang, Cheng Zhong ^a,b   Jiang, Hui ^a,c   Ou, Zhou Luo ^b   Chen, Ji Sheng ^c   Chi, Cheng Wu ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry   (China)

^d Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Conotoxin; Conus peptide; Conus striatus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CONOTOXIN SII; ARGININE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; KAPPA A CONOTOXIN SIVA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SNAIL;

CONUS STRIATUS;

EID: 0242352584     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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