Identification of six novel T-1 conotoxins from Conus pulicarius by molecular cloning

Peptides

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2116-2124

  Peng, Can ^a   Wu, Xuechen ^a   Han, Yuhong ^a,b   Yuan, Duoduo ^a   Chi, Chengwu ^a,b   Wang, Chunguang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Cone snail; Conus pulicarius; Sequence diversity; T 1 conotoxin

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PU5.1 CONOTOXIN; PU5.2 CONOTOXIN; PU5.3 CONOTOXIN; PU5.4 CONOTOXIN; PU5.5 CONOTOXIN; PU5.6 CONOTOXIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS SNAIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CONUS PULICARIUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 35349029699     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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