Molecular evolution of toxin genes in Elapidae snakes

Molecular Diversity

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 529-543

  Tamiya, Toru ^a   Fujimi, Takahiko J ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neurotoxin gene; Molecular evolution; Phospholipase A2 gene; Snake toxin genes

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; SNAKE TOXIN GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELAPIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845356221     PISSN: 13811991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11030-006-9049-x     Document Type: Review

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