Molecular and bioinformatical characterization of a novel superfamily of cysteine-rich peptides from arthropods

Peptides

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-58

  Zeng, Xian Chun ^a   Nie, Yao ^a   Luo, Xuesong ^a   Wu, Shifen ^a   Shi, Wanxia ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Liu, Yichen ^a   Cao, Hanjun ^a   Yang, Ye ^a   Zhou, Jianping ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Arthropod; Cysteine rich peptide; Gene recombination; Intron gain loss; Intron sliding; Molecular evolution; Scorpion

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA FLANKING REGION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARTHROPODA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84877585357     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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