An O-conotoxin from the vermivorous Conus spurius active on mice and mollusks

Peptides

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Luna Ramírez, Karen S ^a   Aguilar, Manuel B ^a   Falcón, Andrés ^a   Heimer de la Cotera, Edgar P ^a   Olivera, Baldomero M ^b   Maillo, María ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone snail; Conidae; Conotoxin; Conus spurius; O conotoxin; Western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; O CONOTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONUS SNAIL; CONUS SPURIUS; FISH; GUPPY; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MOLLUSC; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATELLA OPEA; POMACEA PALUDOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PARALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BASOMMATOPHORA; CONIDAE; CONUS CATUS; CONUS PURPURASCENS; CONUS SPURIUS; CONUS STRIATUS; CONUS TEXTILE; GASTROPODA; LEBISTES RETICULATUS; MOLLUSCA; POMACEA PALUDOSA;

EID: 33845617567     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2006.08.025     Document Type: Article

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