Discovery of a distinct superfamily of kunitz-type toxin (KTT) from Tarantulas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Yuan, Chun Hua ^a   He, Quan Yuan ^a   Peng, Kuan ^a   Diao, Jian Bo ^a   Jiang, Li Ping ^a   Tang, Xing ^a   Liang, Song Ping ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROTOXIN; DISULFIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SNAKE VENOM; SPIDER VENOM; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; SPIDER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; GASTROPODA; ORNITHOCTONUS HAINANA; ORNITHOCTONUS HUWENA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

EID: 54849414437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003414     Document Type: Article

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