Putative γ-conotoxins in vermivorous cone snails: The case of Conus delessertii

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-27

  Aguilar, Manuel B ^a   López Vera, Estuardo ^a,b   Imperial, Julita S ^b   Falcón, Andrés ^a   Olivera, Baldomero M ^b   De La Cotera, Edgar P Heimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conacea; Cone snail; Conidae; Conus delessertii; Gamma conotoxin; Pacemaker channels

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; PEPTIDE DE7A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALKYLATION; AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONUS DELESSERTII; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REDUCTION; SNAIL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONOTOXINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

CONIDAE; CONUS DELESSERTII; CONUS PENNACEUS; CONUS TEXTILE; GASTROPODA;

EID: 11144301118     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.10.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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