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Toxicon ; 41(7): 755-63, 2003 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12782075

ABSTRACT

The aim of the present study was the molecular cloning of toxins active on calcium channels expressed by the spider Phoneutria nigriventer. Clones encoding the toxins Pn3-3A, Pn3-4A, Tx3-5, Pn3-5A, Tx3-6, Pn3-6A and Pn3-6B were identified from a cDNA library derived from the venom gland of this spider, revealing toxins of 49, 76, 45, 39, 55 and 58 amino acids residues, respectively, with polypeptide precursors being composed of three major portions: a signal peptide, a propeptide and finally, the mature toxin. A high degree of homology with the amino acid sequence was found between Pn3-3A and the neurotoxin Tx3-3 (identity of 79%), and between Pn3-4A and the neurotoxin Tx3-4 (identity of 95%). The deduced amino acid sequence for the mature polypeptides Tx3-5 and Tx3-6 confirms the polypeptide sequence previously published for these neurotoxins. In addition, the toxin Pn3-5A showed 58% identity to the Tx3-5 amino acid sequence, and the toxins Pn3-6A and Pn3-6B showed 85 and 33% identity, respectively, to the Tx3-6 amino acid sequence.


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Neurotoxins/genetics , Spider Venoms/genetics , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Base Sequence , Calcium Channels/drug effects , Cloning, Molecular , DNA, Complementary/genetics , Gene Library , Molecular Sequence Data , Neurotoxins/toxicity , Peptides/genetics , Sequence Alignment , Sequence Homology , Spider Venoms/toxicity , Spiders
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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec ; 50(4): 409-14, ago. 1998. ilus, tab, graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-265508

ABSTRACT

Populaçöes de bovinos da raça Gir foram genotipadas para a proteína do leite ß-lactoglobulina. O estudo foi realizado com uma populaçäo de fêmeas Gir selecionadas para produçäo leiteira, outra de fêmeas näo selecionadas, e uma amostra de touros Gir de Centrais de Inseminaçäo Artificial (CIA). Os alelos A e B da ß-lactoglobulina foram identificados através de PCR-RFLP com a enzima de restriçäo HphI. As freqüências encontradas foram 0,4487 para A e 0,5513 para B em fêmeas Gir näo selecionadas. Para as fêmeas Gir selecionadas, a freqüência foi de 0,35 e 0,65, respectivamente para A e B; para os touros Gir de CIA, 0,404 e 0,596. Os resultados foram analisados pela Lei do Equilíbrio de Hady-Weinberg e a tabela de dispersäo de freqüência pelos método de X elevado ao quadrado com nível de significância estabelecido em 10 por cento. A populaçäo de fêmeas selecionadas se mostrou em desequilíbrio em genotípico, enquanto as outras se mostraram em equilíbrio. Comparando-se as populaçöes, as freqüência gênicas e genotípicas foram estatisticamente iguais para todas as comparaçöes


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Animals , Male , Female , Cattle , Genotype , Lactoglobulins , Polymerase Chain Reaction
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