A novel structural class of toxins: The methionine-rich peptides from the venoms of turrid marine snails (Mollusca, Conoidea)

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 365-374

  López Vera, Estuardo ^a   Heimer De La Cotera, Edgar P ^a   Maillo, María ^a,c   Riesgo Escovar, Juan R ^a   Olivera, Baldomero M ^b   Aguilar, Manuel B ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Gemmula periscelida; Marine snails; Methionine zipper; Methionine rich; Polystira albida; Toxin; Turridae

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CONOTOXIN; DISULFIDE; METHIONINE; SNAIL VENOM; TYROSINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; MEXICO; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHIONINE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SNAILS;

CONIDAE; CONOIDEA; GASTROPODA; GEMMULA; GEMMULA PERISCELIDA; MOLLUSCA; POLYSTIRA; POLYSTIRA ALBIDA; TURRIDAE;

EID: 18744436084     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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