Conotoxins and the posttranslational modification of secreted gene products

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 3067-3079

  Buczek, O ^a   Bulaj, G ^a   Olivera, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

6 bromotryptophan; Conotoxin; D amino acids; O glycosylation; Posttranslational modification

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CONOTOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; VENOM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXYLATION; DATA BASE; DISULFIDE BOND; EPIMERIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SNAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 29344443859     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5283-0     Document Type: Review

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