Figure 3From: Venom gland transcriptomes of two elapid snakes (Bungarus multicinctus and Naja atra) and evolution of toxin genesAlignments of natriuretic peptide (NP) sequences. (A) Alignment between putative peptides of contig bm026 (38-104) and bm026 (105-187), and the conserved amino acids are indicated by *. The predicted regions of the N-terminal extension and mature natriuretic peptide are indicated above the alignment.(B) Bm026, the NP precursor in B. multicinctus (bold), is aligned to other elapid NP sequences. A repeated region is shown between dashed bars, and the predicted regions of signal peptide and core ring are indicated above the alignment.Back to article page