Sequences, geographic variations and molecular phylogeny of venom phospholipases and threefinger toxins of eastern India Bungarus fasciatus and kinetic analyses of its Pro31 phospholipases A2

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 512-525

  Tsai, Inn Ho ^a,b   Tsai, Hsin Yu ^a,b   Saha, Archita ^c   Gomes, Antony ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Bungarus fasciatus; cDNA cloning; Phospholipase A2; Phylogenetic analysis; Threefinger toxins; Venom geographic variation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM; THREE FINGER TOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BUNGARUS; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHYLOGENY; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SNAKE VENOMS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BUNGARUS; BUNGARUS FASCIATUS; ELAPIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 33845998151     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05598.x     Document Type: Article

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