α-Conopeptides specifically expressed in the salivary gland of Conus pulicarius

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-105

  Biggs, Jason S ^a,b   Olivera, Baldomero M ^b   Kantor, Yuri I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conotoxins; 4 7; cDNA libraries; Conopeptide; Conus pulicarius; Exogenomics; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CONOPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; GENE PRODUCT; RNA; SNAIL VENOM;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA ISOLATION; SALIVARY GLAND; SECRETORY CELL; SNAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVARY GLANDS;

ANIMALIA; CONUS PULICARIUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 47849085599     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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