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SUBMITTER: Liu LF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC148027 | biostudies-other | 1998 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Liu L F LF Chang C C CC Liau M Y MY Kuo K W KW
Nucleic acids research 19981201 24
The mRNA encoding alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-Butx) was prepared from the venom glands of Bungarus multicinctus by Cap-finder cDNA synthesis. The sequences of the 3'- and 5'-flanking regions including a signal peptide of alpha-Butx were almost identical with those of Elapidae and Hydrophiidae toxins, suggesting that they may have the same origin. Sixteen polymorphic mRNA sequences of alpha-Butx were detected from B.multicinctus gland cells. Analysis of the genomic DNA of alpha-Butx indicated that ...[more]