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Diversity of Conotoxin Gene Superfamilies in the Venomous Snail, Conus victoriae

Animal venoms represent a vast library of bioactive peptides and proteins with proven potential, not only as research tools but also as drug leads and therapeutics. This is illustrated clearly by marine cone snails (genus Conus), whose venoms consist of mixtures of hundreds of peptides (conotoxins)...

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Autores principales: Robinson, Samuel D., Safavi-Hemami, Helena, McIntosh, Lachlan D., Purcell, Anthony W., Norton, Raymond S., Papenfuss, Anthony T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24505301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087648