Molecular cloning of the major lethal toxins from two kraits (Bungarus flaviceps and Bungarus candidus)

Toxicon

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-424

  Yanoshita, Ryohei ^a   Ogawa, Yuko ^a   Murayama, Nobuhiro ^b   Omori Satoh, Tamotsu ^c   Saguchi, Ken Ichi ^b   Higuchi, Shigesada ^b,d   Khow, Orawan ^c   Chanhome, Lawan ^c   Samejima, Yuji ^a,e   Sitprija, Visith ^c  

^a HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^d SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bungarotoxin; Bungarus candidus; Bungarus flaviceps; cDNA cloning

Indexed keywords

BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; CYSTEINE; ISOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BUNGAROTOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BUNGARUS; BUNGARUS CANDIDUS; BUNGARUS FLAVICEPS; BUNGARUS FLAVICEPS FLAVICEPS; BUNGARUS MULTICINCTUS;

EID: 33644839095     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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