Role of accelerated segment switch in exons to alter targeting (ASSET) in the molecular evolution of snake venom proteins

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Doley, Robin ^a   MacKessy, Stephen P ^b   Kini, R Manjunatha ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; THREE FINGER TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOPROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKE;

VIPERIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650896321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-146     Document Type: Article

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