Isolation, purification and biochemical characterization of conotoxin from Conus figulinus Linnaeus (1758)

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-271

  Saravanan, R ^a   Sambasivam, S ^a   Shanmugam, A ^a   Sathish Kumar, D ^b   Tamil Vanan, T ^b   Nazeer, R A ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chymotrypsin; Cone snail; Conus figulinus; mRNA; Total RNA; Toxin; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS FIGULINUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA PURIFICATION; SNAIL;

CONUS FIGULINUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 70349323507     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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