Elucidation of the molecular envenomation strategy of the cone snail Conus geographus through transcriptome sequencing of its venom duct

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Hao ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K ^b   Olivera, Baldomero M ^b   Yandell, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conotoxins; Conus geographus; RNA seq; Venom duct compartmentalization

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CONOTOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SNAIL VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.4; SOMATOMEDIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS GEOGRAPHUS; CONUS SNAIL; ENVENOMATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CONOTOXINS; CONTIG MAPPING; CONUS SNAIL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; VENOMS;

CONUS GEOGRAPHUS; CONUS TULIPA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84862756408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-284     Document Type: Article

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