Direct cDNA cloning of novel conotoxins of the T-superfamily from Conus textile

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2640-2646

  Luo, Sulan ^a   Zhangsun, Dongting ^a   Zhang, Ben ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Feng, Jianchen ^a  

^a Center for Experimental Biotechnology   (China)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Conus textile native to Hainan; T superfamily conotoxin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; PEPTIDE; SNAIL VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CODON; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS TEXTILE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SNAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; CYSTEINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CONUS TEXTILE;

EID: 33750067082     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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