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Citation

Brodie ED. Curr. Biol. 2010; 20(4): R152-R154.

Affiliation

Mountain Lake Biological Station, Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.029

PMID

20178758

Abstract

Genomic and biochemical analyses reveal that two independently evolved serine protease venoms in mammals and lizards have converged on nearly identical protein structures. Likewise, in two groups of frog, an identical toxin, caerulein, has arisen repeatedly from unique genes in those lineages.


Language: en

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