Adaptive evolution after gene duplication in α-KT × 14 subfamily from Buthus martensii Karsch

IUBMB Life

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 513-521

  Cao, Zhijian ^a   Mao, Xin ^a   Xu, Xiuling ^a   Sheng, Jiqun ^a   Dai, Chao ^a   Wu, Yingliang ^a   Luo, Feng ^a   Sha, Yonggang ^a   Jiang, Dahe ^a   Li, Wenxin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

KTx; Buthus martensii Karsch; Multicopy; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SHORT CHAIN POTASSIUM CHANNEL SCORPION TOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BUTHUS MARTENSII; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 23444461438     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540500149870     Document Type: Article

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