A diverse family of novel peptide toxins from an unusual cone snail, Conus californicus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-161

  Gilly, W F ^a   Richmond, T A ^b   Duda, T F ^c,d   Elliger, C ^a   Lebaric, Z ^a   Schulz, J ^e   Bingham, J P ^f   Sweedler, J V ^g  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tabor College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conotoxins; Peptides; Peptidomics; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSC VENOM; PEPTIDE; PRIMER DNA; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONUS SNAIL; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONUS SNAIL; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSK VENOMS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

CONUS CALIFORNICUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 78651284974     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046086     Document Type: Article

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