Tentacles of venom: Toxic protein convergence in the kingdom Animalia

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-321

  Fry, B G ^a   Roelants, K ^a,b   Norman, J A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Convergence; Phylogeny; Protein; Venom

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PEPTIDASE S1; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN CAP; PROTEIN PATHOGENESIS RELATED 1; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HAPALOCHLAENA MACULOSA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCTOPUS KAURNA; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEPIA LATIMANUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CEPHALOPODA; CHITINASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TACHYKININS; VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; CEPHALOPODA; HAPALOCHLAENA MACULOSA; INVERTEBRATA; OCTOPUS KAURNA; SEPIA LATIMANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 64949131873     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9223-8     Document Type: Article

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