Molecular cloning of toxins expressed by the venom gland of Lasiodora sp.

Toxicon

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 949-952

  Vieira, A L G ^a   Moura, M B ^a   Baba E H ^a   Chavez Olortegui C ^b   Kalapothakis, E ^c   Castro, I M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b Imunologia ICB UFMG Belo H   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cDNA; Expression library; Lasiodora; Spider toxins

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SCREENING; ENVENOMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPIDER; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; BRACHYPELMA SMITHII; EURYPELMA CALIFORNICUM; LASIODORA; LASIODORA PARAHYBANA; ORNITHOCTONUS HUWENA;

EID: 8644241806     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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