Novel Families of Toxin-like Peptides in Insects and Mammals: A Computational Approach

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 553-566

  Kaplan, Noam ^a   Morpurgo, Noa ^a   Linial, Michal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

ANLP; genome annotation; OCLP; Raalin; short proteins

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CONOTOXIN LIKE PROTEIN 1; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; RAALIN; SNAIL VENOM; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; FISH; HONEYBEE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REDUVIIDAE;

EID: 34247557513     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.106     Document Type: Article

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