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SUBMITTER: Peng C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4826758 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peng Can C Han Yuhong Y Sanders Tanya T Chew Geoffrey G Liu Jing J Hawrot Edward E Chi Chengwu C Wang Chunguang C
Peptides 20080607 10
Cone snails comprise approximately 700 species of venomous molluscs which have evolved the ability to generate multiple toxins with varied and exquisite selectivity. alpha-Conotoxin is a powerful tool for defining the composition and function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors which play a crucial role in excitatory neurotransmission and are important targets for drugs and insecticides. An alpha4/7 conotoxin, Lp1.1, originally identified by cDNA and genomic DNA cloning from Conus leopardus, wa ...[more]