New conotoxins define the novel I3-superfamily

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 861-865

  Yuan, Duo Duo ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Shao, Xiao Xia ^a   Peng, Can ^a   Chi, Cheng Wu ^a,b   Guo, Zhan Yun ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Conotoxin; I superfamily

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONUS SNAIL; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CONUS CARACTERISTICUS;

EID: 67349189964     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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