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- Title
Transcriptome analysis of Deinagkistrodon acutus venomous gland focusing on cellular structure and functional aspects using expressed sequence tags.
- Authors
Zhang, Bing; Liu, Qinghua; Yin, Wei; Zhang, Xiaowei; Huang, Yijun; Luo, Yingfeng; Qiu, Pengxin; Su, Xingwen; Yu, Jun; Hu, Songnian; Yan, Guangmei
- Abstract
The snake venom gland is a specialized organ, which synthesizes and secretes the complex and abundant toxin proteins. Though gene expression in the snake venom gland has been extensively studied, the focus has been on the components of the venom. As far as the molecular mechanism of toxin secretion and metabolism is concerned, we still knew a little. Therefore, a fundamental question being arisen is what genes are expressed in the snake venom glands besides many toxin components?
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2006, Vol 7, p152
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-7-152