Identification, by RT-PCR, of four novel T-1-superfamily conotoxins from the vermivorous snail Conus spurius from the Gulf of Mexico

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1396-1404

  Zamora Bustillos, Roberto ^a   Aguilar, Manuel B ^a   Falcón, Andrés ^a   Heimer de la Cotera, Edgar P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Conidae; Conoidea; Conotoxin precursor; Conus spurius; T conotoxin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; T 1 CONOTOXIN; T 2 CONOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS SPURIUS; EXON; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAIL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CONIDAE; CONOIDEA; CONUS SPURIUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 67650453391     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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