Direct cDNA cloning of novel conopeptide precursors of the O-superfamily

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-367

  Kauferstein, Silke ^a   Melaun, Christian ^a   Mebs, Dietrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Cone snails; Conopeptides; Conotoxin; Evolution; O superfamily

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONUS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SNAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SNAILS;

CONUS CAPITANEUS; CONUS IMPERIALIS; CONUS STRIATUS; CONUS VEXILLUM; CONUS VIRGO; GASTROPODA; VEXILLUM;

EID: 12344317094     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.10.027     Document Type: Article

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