Intraspecific variation of the crotamine and crotasin genes in Crotalus durissus rattlesnakes

Gene

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Oguiura, Nancy ^a   Collares, Maíra A ^a   Furtado, M Fátima D ^a   Ferrarezzi, Hebert ^a   Suzuki, Hana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta defensin; Crotamine; Gene copy number; Gene expression; Molecular evolution; Rattlesnake

Indexed keywords

CROTAMINE; CROTASIN; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALUS DURISSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS;

EID: 68149137736     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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