Purification and characterization of a novel excitatory peptide from Conus distans venom that defines a novel gene superfamily of conotoxins

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Chen, Ping ^a   Garrett, James E ^b   Watkins, Maren ^c   Olivera, Baldomero M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Cognetix Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxyglutamate; Conotoxin; Conus distans; Conus peptide; Conus venom; Hydroxyproline

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; SNAIL VENOM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS SNAIL; DNA MODIFICATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE SEQUENCE; LETHARGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONOTOXINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; PEPTIDES;

CONUS DISTANS; MUS;

EID: 48049087187     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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