Identification of cDNAs encoding viper venom hyaluronidases: Cross-generic sequence conservation of full-length and unusually short variant transcripts

Gene

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 22-33

  Harrison, Robert A ^a   Ibison, Frances ^a   Wilbraham, Davina ^a   Wagstaff, Simon C ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bitis; Cerastes; Echis; Hyaluronidase; Venom; Viper

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYALURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; BITIS ARIETANS VENOM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CERASTES CERASTES CERASTES; ECHIS OCELLATUS; ECHIS PYRAMIDUM LEAKEYI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

APOIDEA; BITIS; BITIS ARIETANS; BITIS CAUDALIS; CERASTES; CERASTES CERASTES; ECHIS; ECHIS CARINATUS; ECHIS OCELLATUS; ECHIS PYRAMIDUM LEAKEYI; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; VIPERINAE;

EID: 33947602373     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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