Molecular prospecting for drugs from the sea.

This study aims to seek new drugs from the marine environment, with a particular focus on venomous animals, in particular the marine cone snail, Conus, a genus of predatory animal with a highly evolved venom and delivery apparatus. These remarkable creatures provide an example of the rich diversity...

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Veröffentlicht in:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 24, 2 (2005).
1. Verfasser:	Gayler, K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	English
Schlagworte:	DNA-based mining. Bioassays. Drugs. Folding. Functional 3-D structure. Gene-based mining. Marine cone snail. Medical research. Molecular prospecting. Oxidation. Peptide synthesis. Primary amino acid chain synthesis. Sea. Therapeutic molecules. Therapeutic peptides. Venomous animals.