Identification, by molecular cloning, of a novel type of I2-superfamily conotoxin precursor and two novel I2-conotoxins from the worm-hunter snail Conus spurius from the Gulf of México

Peptides

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 384-393

  Zamora Bustillos, Roberto ^a   Aguilar, Manuel B ^a   Falcón, Andrés ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; CONOTOXIN I; SNAIL VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXYLATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS SNAIL; CONUS SPURIUS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CONIDAE; CONOIDEA; CONUS SPURIUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 77049127506     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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