Genomic organization of four novel nondisulfide-bridged peptides from scorpion Mesobuthus martensii Karsch: Gaining insight into evolutionary mechanism

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2427-2433

  Luo, Feng ^a   Zeng, Xian Chun ^a   Hahin, Richard ^b   Cao, Zhi Jian ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Li, Wen Xin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BmKa1; BmKa2; BmKb1; BmKb2; Genomic organization; Mesobuthus martensii Karsch; Nondisulfide bridged peptide (NDBP)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BMKA1 GENE; BMKA2 GENE; BMKB1 GENE; BMKB2 GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DISULFIDES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENOME; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 27944439325     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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