Identification and molecular diversity of T-superfamily conotoxins from Conus lividus and Conus litteratus

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-106

  Luo, Sulan ^a   Zhangsun, Dongting ^a   Wu, Yong ^a   Zhu, Xiaopeng ^a   Xie, Lei ^a   Hu, Yuanyan ^a   Zhang, Jizhen ^a   Zhao, Xi ^a  

^a HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C. litteratus; Conus lividus; Peptide diversity; T superfamily conotoxins

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; PROLINE; SERINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THREONINE; TOXIN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS LITTERATUS; CONUS LIVIDUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTITUTION LINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CONUS LITTERATUS; CONUS LIVIDUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 33748994816     PISSN: 17470277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2006.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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