Studies on sea snake venom

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 41-52

  Tamiya, Nobuo ^a   Yagi, Tatsuhiko ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Erabutoxin; Evolution without divergence; Neurotoxin; Sea snake; Three finger structure

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ERABUTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ERABUTOXINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; HYDROPHID VENOMS; HYDROPHIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA SEMIFASCIATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 79953207729     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: 13492896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.87.41     Document Type: Review

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