Genomic characterisation of the toxin Amm VIII from the scorpion Androctonus mauretanicus mauretanicus

Toxicon

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 531-536

  Alami, Meriem ^a   Céard, Brigitte ^b   Legros, Christian ^b   Bougis, Pierre E ^b   Martin Eauclaire, Marie France ^b  

^a Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

DNA; Intron; Scorpion; Toxin; Voltage activated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMINO ACID; GENOMIC DNA; GLYCINE; GUANINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SCORPION VENOM; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THYMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CODON; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

ANDROCTONUS MAURETANICUS MAURETANICUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33645996342     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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