Taiwan cobra chymotrypsin inhibitor: Cloning, functional expression and gene organization

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1747, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-220

  Cheng, Yun Ching ^a   Yan, Fang Jiun ^a   Chang, Long Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin inhibitor; Exon intron organization; Mutagenesis of N terminus; Naja atra

Indexed keywords

BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; COBROTOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE;

ATRA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NAJA ATRA; SERPENTES;

EID: 13444263657     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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