Novel αD-conopeptides and their precursors identified by cDNA cloning define the D-conotoxin superfamily

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3717-3729

  Loughnan, Marion L ^a   Nicke, Annette ^b   Lawrence, Nicole ^a   Lewis, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CDNA CLONING; CDNA SEQUENCE; CONOPEPTIDES; CONOTOXIN; CONOTOXINS; HETERODIMER; HOMODIMER; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS (NACHRS); PARTIAL SEQUENCES; PEPTIDE INHIBITORS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; ORGANIC ACIDS;

AMINES;

ALPHA D CONOTOXIN; CONOTOXIN; HETERODIMER; HOMODIMER; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONUS SNAIL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

CONIDAE; CONUS CAPITANEUS; CONUS MILES; CONUS MUSTELINUS; CONUS VEXILLUM;

EID: 66049155827     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9000326     Document Type: Article

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