Hadrurid Scorpion Toxins: Evolutionary Conservation and Selective Pressures

Scorpion toxins are thought to have originated from ancestral housekeeping genes that underwent diversification and neofunctionalization, as a result of positive selection. Our understanding of the evolutionary origin of these peptides is hindered by the patchiness of existing taxonomic sampling. Wh...

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Autores principales: Santibáñez-López, Carlos E., Graham, Matthew R., Sharma, Prashant P., Ortiz, Ernesto, Possani, Lourival D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6891616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31683932
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11110637

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6891616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31683932
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11110637

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