Cloning and characterization of a novel calcium channel toxin-like gene BmCa1 from Chinese scorpion Mesobuthus martensii Karsch

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1235-1240

  Zhijian, Cao ^a   Yun, Xie ^a   Chao, Dai ^a   Shunyi, Zhu ^a   Shijin, Yin ^a   Yingliang, Wu ^a   Wenxin, Li ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium channel scorpion toxins; Genomic organization and structure; Mesobuthus martensii Karsch

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; SCORPION VENOM; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BMCA1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXON; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE LIBRARY; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33646757829     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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