Atractaspis aterrima toxins: The first insight into the molecular evolution of venom in side-stabbers

Toxins

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1948-1964

  Terrat, Yves ^a   Sunagar, Kartik ^b,c   Fry, Bryan G ^d   Jackson, Timothy N W ^d   Scheib, Holger ^d   Fourmy, Rudy ^e   Verdenaud, Marion ^f   Blanchet, Guillaume ^f   Antunes, Agostinho ^b,c   Ducancel, Frederic ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e Alpha Biotoxine   (Belgium)

^f SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Atractaspis; Transcriptome; Venom gland; Venomous snake

Indexed keywords

SARAFOTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM; THREE FINGER TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATRACTASPIS ATERRIMA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS SNAKE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84886998480     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins5111948     Document Type: Article

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