Description of Loxtox protein family and identification of a new group of Phospholipases D from Loxosceles similis venom gland

Toxicon

Volumn 120, Issue , 2016, Pages 97-106

  Dantas, Arthur Estanislau ^a   Carmo, A O ^a   Horta, Carolina Campolina Rebello ^a,b   Leal, Hortênsia Gomes ^a   Oliveira Mendes, Bárbara Bruna Ribeiro ^a   Martins, Ana Paula Vimieiro ^a   Chávez Olórtegui, Carlos ^a   Kalapothakis, Evanguedes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CentroUniversitario de Sete Lagoas UNIFEMM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Loxosceles; Loxosceles similis; Loxtox; NGS; Phospholipase D; RNA seq; Venom

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LOXTOX PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN; LOXOSCELES VENOM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPIDER VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES SIMILIS; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; VENOM GLAND; ANIMAL; BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INSECT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 84981275519     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.08.002     Document Type: Article

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