Identification of a novel S-superfamily conotoxin from vermivorous Conus caracteristicus

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1331-1337

  Liu, Li ^a   Wu, Xuechen ^a   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; Cysteine framework; S superfamily conotoxin; Sequence diversity; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; CONOTOXIN CA8A; CYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS SNAIL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CONUS CARACTERISTICUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 44649098077     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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