Extreme diversity of scorpion venom peptides and proteins revealed by transcriptomic analysis: Implication for proteome evolution of scorpion venom arsenal

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1563-1576

  Ma, Yibao ^a   He, Yawen ^a   Zhao, Ruiming ^a   Wu, Yingliang ^a   Li, Wenxin ^a   Cao, Zhijian ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diversity; Molecular phylogeny; Proteome evolution; Scorpion venom arsenal; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA KTX PROTEIN; BETA KSPN PROTEIN; BMKB1 LIKE PEPTIDE; BPP PROTEIN; CALCINE PROTEIN; CYTOLYTIC PEPTIDE; LA1 LIKE PEPTIDE; LVP PROTEIN; MARGERIN PROTEIN; NASCTX PROTEIN; PANDININ 1 LIKE PROTEIN; PANDININ 2 LIKE PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEOME; PRVP PROTEIN; SCORPION VENOM; SERINE PROTEINASE; SPSV PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; ISOMETRUS MACULATUS; LYCHAS MUCRONATUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SCORPIOPS MARGERISONAE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BUTHIDA; BUTHIDAE; EUSCORPIIDAE; LYCHAS MUCRONATUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84856322933     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: 18767737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.11.029     Document Type: Article

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