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Discovery of a Distinct Superfamily of Kunitz-Type Toxin (KTT) from Tarantulas

BACKGROUND: Kuntiz-type toxins (KTTs) have been found in the venom of animals such as snake, cone snail and sea anemone. The main ancestral function of Kunitz-type proteins was the inhibition of a diverse array of serine proteases, while toxic activities (such as ion-channel blocking) were developed...

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Autores principales: Yuan, Chun-Hua, He, Quan-Yuan, Peng, Kuan, Diao, Jian-Bo, Jiang, Li-Ping, Tang, Xing, Liang, Song-Ping
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2561067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18923708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003414