Thrombin-like enzymes from venom gland of Deinagkistrodon acutus: CDNA cloning, mechanism of diversity and phylogenetic tree construction

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 184-192

  Zha, Xiang Dong ^a,b   Huang, He Sheng ^c   Zhou, Li Zhi ^a,b   Liu, Jing ^d   Xu, Kang Sen ^e  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Key Laboratory of Eco engineering and Bio technique   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e National Institution for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products   (China)

Author keywords

Phylogenetic tree; RNA recombination; Structural diversity; Thrombin like enzymes

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN; THROMBIN LIKE ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEINAGKISTRODON ACUTUS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA RECOMBINATION; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROMBIN; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 31644444582     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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