Molecular Evolution and Diversity of Conus Peptide Toxins, as Revealed by Gene Structure and Intron Sequence Analyses

Yun Wu; Lei Wang; Maojun Zhou; Yuwen You; Xiaoyan Zhu; Yuanyuan Qiang; Mengying Qin; Shaonan Luo; Zhenghua Ren; Anlong Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082495

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Molecular Evolution and Diversity of Conus Peptide Toxins, as Revealed by Gene Structure and Intron Sequence Analyses

Yun Wu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun Wu, Lei Wang, Maojun Zhou

Affiliation Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Lei Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun Wu, Lei Wang, Maojun Zhou

Affiliation Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Maojun Zhou ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yun Wu, Lei Wang, Maojun Zhou

Affiliation Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Yuwen You,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, National Engineering Research Center of South China Sea Marine Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Xiaoyan Zhu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, National Engineering Research Center of South China Sea Marine Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Yuanyuan Qiang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, National Engineering Research Center of South China Sea Marine Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Mengying Qin,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, National Engineering Research Center of South China Sea Marine Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Shaonan Luo,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, National Engineering Research Center of South China Sea Marine Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Zhenghua Ren,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, National Engineering Research Center of South China Sea Marine Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Anlong Xu

* E-mail: lssxal@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, National Engineering Research Center of South China Sea Marine Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Molecular Evolution and Diversity of Conus Peptide Toxins, as Revealed by Gene Structure and Intron Sequence Analyses

Yun Wu,
Lei Wang,
Maojun Zhou,
Yuwen You,
Xiaoyan Zhu,
Yuanyuan Qiang,
Mengying Qin,
Shaonan Luo,
Zhenghua Ren,
Anlong Xu

Published: December 13, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082495

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