Research article
Expression pattern of three-finger toxin and phospholipase A2 genes in the venom glands of two sea snakes, Lapemis curtus and Acalyptophis peronii: comparison of evolution of these toxins in land snakes, sea kraits and sea snakes
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* Corresponding author: R Manjunatha Kini dbskinim@nus.edu.sg
1 Protein Science and Conservation Ecology Laboratories, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 117543, Singapore
2 Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010 Australia
3 Deparment of Biochemistry, Medical college of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0614 USA
4 Center for Post Graduate Studies, Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, 18/3, 9th Main, Jayanagar 3rd Block, Bangalore, India
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7:175 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-175
Published: 27 September 2007Additional files
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Calculation of genetic distance for 3FTx and the PLA2 enzymes. The data compares genetic distances among land snakes, sea snakes and sea kraits.
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