Identification of a novel class of conotoxins defined as V-conotoxins with a unique cysteine pattern and signal peptide sequence

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 985-991

  Peng, Can ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Shao, Xiaoxia ^a   Chi, Chengwu ^a,b   Wang, Chunguang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Conotoxin; Cysteine framework; Diversity; V superfamily

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; CONOTOXIN VI15A; CYSTEINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONUS SNAIL; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CONUS CARACTERISTICUS; CONUS LITTERATUS; CONUS VIRGO; CONUS VITULINUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 43049092974     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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