Isolation and cloning of exendin precursor cDNAs from single samples of venom from the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) and the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)

Toxicon

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-295

  Chen, Tianbao ^a   Kwok, HangFai ^a   Ivanyi, Craig ^b   Shaw, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA SONORA DESERT MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; cDNA cloning; Drug discovery; Exendin; Lizard; Venom

Indexed keywords

EXENDIN 4; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; PROTEIN EXENDIN 3; SAURIAN VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; HALODERMA HORRIDUM; HALODERMA SUSPECTUM; LIZARD; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE 1; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; VENOMS;

HELODERMA HORRIDUM; HELODERMA SUSPECTUM; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33644531918     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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