Cloning and characterization of cDNA sequences encoding for new venom peptides of the Brazilian scorpion Opisthacanthus cayaporum

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-261

  Silva, Édelyn C N ^a,c   Camargos, Thalita S ^a   Maranhão, Andrea Q ^a   Silva Pereira, Ildinete ^a   Silva, Luciano P ^b   Possani, Lourival D ^c   Schwartz, Elisabeth F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; cDNA library; K+ channel blockers; Scorpine like; Scorpion venom

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPISTHACANTHUS CAYAPORUM; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POISONOUS SCORPION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

LIOCHELES; LIOCHELIDAE; OPISTHACANTHUS; SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 67649414216     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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