Evolution of Conus peptide toxins: Analysis of Conus californicus Reeve, 1844

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Biggs, Jason S ^a   Watkins, Maren ^b   Puillandre, Nicolas ^b   Ownby, John Paul ^b   Lopez Vera, Estuardo ^b,d   Christensen, Sean ^b   Moreno, Karla Juarez ^c   Bernaldez, Johanna ^c   Licea Navarro, Alexei ^c   Corneli, Patrice Showers ^b   Olivera, Baldomero M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM MARINE LABORATORY   (Guam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accelerated evolution; Biodiversity; Cone snail; Exogenomics; Gene superfamilies; Phylogenetic relationships

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONUS SNAIL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

CONUS CALIFORNICUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 77953322795     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.029     Document Type: Article

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