Genomic organization and cloning of novel genes encoding toxin-like peptides of three superfamilies from the spider Orinithoctonus huwena

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1679-1684

  Jiang, Liping ^a,b   Chen, Jinjun ^a   Peng, Li ^a   Zhang, Yongqun ^a   Xiong, Xia ^a   Liang, Songping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Central South University   (China)

Author keywords

Genomic organization; Intron; Ornithoctonus huwena; Spider; Toxin like peptide

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; HUWENTOXIN; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORINITHOCTONUS HUWENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SPIDER; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ORNITHOCTONUS HUWENA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 52049099863     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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