Systematic interrogation of the Conus marmoreus venom duct transcriptome with ConoSorter reveals 158 novel conotoxins and 13 new gene superfamilies

BACKGROUND: Conopeptides, often generically referred to as conotoxins, are small neurotoxins found in the venom of predatory marine cone snails. These molecules are highly stable and are able to efficiently and selectively interact with a wide variety of heterologous receptors and channels, making t...

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Autores principales: Lavergne, Vincent, Dutertre, Sébastien, Jin, Ai-hua, Lewis, Richard J, Taft, Ryan J, Alewood, Paul F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Methodology Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24131469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-708

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