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bgf
at Thu Oct 9 00:27:02 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bgf ]
Hi all
Here's a link to our latest paper. This one examines the molecular evolution of the 3FTx (three-finger toxins) in the elapid snake venoms. This paper was written before we started pulling out the 3FTx from colubrid venoms so no colubrid sequences are included. However it does hammer the elapid 3FTx rigorously. Its a pretty technical paper so might not be terribly understandable at times to some. The main gist of it is that there is a tremendously greater diversity in these toxins than has been previously appreciated. This diversification means that new activities exist for these toxins, besides the well chararacterised ones such as alpha-neurotoxic, muscarinic, cytotoxic etc.
Cheers
B Elapid venom evolution
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Elapid venom paper - bgf, Thu Oct 9 00:27:02 2003
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