Definition of the M-conotoxin superfamily: Characterization of novel peptides from molluscivorous Conus venoms

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8176-8186

  Corpuz, Gloria P ^a,c   Jacobsen, Richard B ^a   Jimenez, Elsie C ^a,d   Watkins, Maren ^b   Walker, Craig ^a   Colledge, Clark ^a   Garrett, James E ^f   McDougal, Owen ^a,g   Li, Wenqin ^a   Gray, William R ^a   Hillyard, David R ^b   Rivier, Jean ^e   McIntosh, J Michael ^a,b   Cruz, Lourdes J ^a,c   Olivera, Baldomero M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES BAGUIO   (Philippines)

^e SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^f Southern Oregon University ^*  (United States)

^g SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONOTOXINS; CONUS VENOMS; M-CONOTOXIN SUPERFAMILY; PEPTIDES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; M CONOTOXIN; MR3A PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; TX3C PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS MARMOREUS; CONUS TEXTILE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLLUSC; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; DISULFIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

CONUS MARMOREUS; CONUS TEXTILE; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 20144374926     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi047541b     Document Type: Article

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