A transcriptomic analysis of gene expression in the venom gland of the snake Bothrops alternatus (urutu)

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cardoso, Kiara C ^a   Da Silva, Márcio J ^a   Costa, Gustavo G L ^a   Torres, Tatiana T ^a   Del Bem, Luiz E V ^a   Vidal, Ramon O ^a   Menossi, Marcelo ^a   Hyslop, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; BRADYKININ POTENTIATING PEPTIDE; C TYPE LECTIN; CALGLANDULIN; CARDIOTOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE RICH SECRETORY PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; DISINTEGRIN; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE 6; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIDASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE 2; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE C; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN 6; OHANIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PUTATIVE TOXIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; STROMELYSIN; TAICATOXIN LIKE PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN; THREE FINGER TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VENOM GLAND RCEPTOR; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEIN;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS; BRAZIL; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGUAY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSPOSON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; URUGUAY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS; SERPENTES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77958132097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-605     Document Type: Article

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