Identification and analysis of venom gland-specific genes from the coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) and related species

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2679-2693

  St Pierre, L ^a,b   Woods, R ^a   Earl, S ^a   Masci, P P ^c   Lavin, M F ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian elapid; Calglandulin, phospholipase A2; Gene cloning; L amino acid oxidase; Oxyuranus scutellatus; Pseudechetoxin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NEUROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CROTALID VENOMS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKE VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; ELAPIDAE; OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 28344453534     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5384-9     Document Type: Article

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