cDNA cloning, sequence analysis, and recombinant expression of akitonin beta, a C-type lectin-like protein from Agkistrodon acutus

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 372-377

  Zha, Xiang Dong ^a,b   Liu, Jing ^a   Xu, Kang Sen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS   (China)

Author keywords

Akitonin; C type lectin like proteins; cDNA; Recombinant proteins; Snake venoms; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

AKITONIN BETA; ARABINOSE; C TYPE LECTIN LIKE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; LECTIN; PLASMID VECTOR; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT AKITONIN BETA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON ACUTUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE RECOGNITION DOMAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI TOP10; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RECOMBINANT PLASMID PBAD TOPO; RECOMBINANT PLASMID PGEM T; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

AGKISTRODON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROTALID VENOMS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542314288     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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