Characterization of a novel cDNA encoding a short venom peptide derived from venom gland of scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch: Trans-splicing may play an important role in the diversification of scorpion venom peptides

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 675-681

  Zeng, Xian Chun ^a,b   Luo, Feng ^a   Li, Wen Xin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Buthus martensii Karsch; Evolution; Intron; Na+ channel specific toxin; Peptide diversity; Scorpion; Trans splicing; Venom peptide

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PRIMER DNA; SCORPION VENOM; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BMKT U GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SCORPION; TRANS SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RNA, MESSENGER; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANS-SPLICING;

ANIMALIA; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33645410719     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.07.016     Document Type: Article

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