Unusual accelerated rate of deletions and insertions in toxin genes in the venom glands of the pygmy copperhead (Austrelaps labialis) from kangaroo island

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Doley, Robin ^a   Tram, Nguyen Ngoc Bao ^a   Reza, Md Abu ^a   Kini, R Manjunatha ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SNAKE VENOM; ULINASTATIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRELAPS LABIALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SNAKE; AGKISTRODON; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

AGKISTRODON; AUSTRELAPS;

AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CROTALID VENOMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE LIBRARY; GEOGRAPHY; METALLOPROTEASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEUROTOXINS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; PHYLOGENY; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 41849121226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-70     Document Type: Article

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