I-superfamily conotoxins: Sequence and structure analysis

In Silico Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 557-571

  Mondal, Sukanta ^a   Vijayan, Ramachandran ^b   Shichina, Kannambath ^b   Babu, Rajasekaran Mohan ^a   Ramakumar, Suryanarayanarao ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Homology modeling; I superfamily conotoxins; Inhibitor cystine knot; Protein sequence pattern; Shaker K+ channel

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYSTINE KNOT MOTIF; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONOTOXINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CONUS SNAIL; CYSTEINE; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 33244455448     PISSN: 13866338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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