Secondary structure formations of conotoxin genes: A possible role in mediating variability

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 701-708

  Dewan, Kalyan Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Conotoxins; Conservation; Mutation; Secondary structures; Variability

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; SNAIL VENOM;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SNAIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; CONOTOXINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SNAILS;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 33748424968     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.08.081     Document Type: Article

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