Identification, by RT-PCR, of eight novel I2-conotoxins from the worm-hunting cone snails Conus brunneus, Conus nux, and Conus princeps from the eastern Pacific (Mexico)

Peptides

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-29

  Zamora Bustillos, R ^a,b   Rivera Reyes, R ^a   Aguilar, M B ^a   Michel Morfin E ^c   Landa Jaime, V ^c,d   Falcon A ^a   Heimer, E P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE CONKAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NAYARIT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Conotoxin precursor; Conus brunneus; Conus nux; Conus princeps; I conotoxin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONOTOXIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTER; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONUS BRUNNEUS; CONUS NUX; CONUS PRINCEPS; CONUS SNAIL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GENUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SNAILS;

EID: 84899434478     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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