Cloning and molecular characterization of BmHYA1, a novel hyaluronidase from the venom of Chinese red scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 474-479

  Feng, Luo ^a   Gao, Rong ^a   Meng, Jun ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, Ponnampalam ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3' RACE PCR; Edman degradation; Full protein sequence; Phylogenetic tree; Scorpion venom hyaluronidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYALURONIDASE; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 77954144572     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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