Transcriptome analysis of the venom gland of the scorpion Scorpiops jendeki: Implication for the evolution of the scorpion venom arsenal

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ma, Yibao ^a   Zhao, Ruiming ^a   He, Yawen ^a   Li, Songryong ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Wu, Yingliang ^a   Cao, Zhijian ^a   Li, Wenxin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA KNOWN TOXIN; ANIONIC PEPTIDE; CALCINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOLYTIC PEPTIDE; LYSOZYME; NEUROTOXIN; OPISTOPORIN LIKE PEPTIDE; SCORPINE LIKE PEPTIDE; SCORPION VENOM; SERINE PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHANNEL; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR LIKE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SCORPION; SCORPIOPS JENDEKI; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BUTHIDAE; EUSCORPIIDAE; SCORPIONES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67651202718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-290     Document Type: Article

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