Isolation and identification of angiotensin-like peptides from the plasma of the snake Bothrops jararaca

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 467-473

  Borgheresi, Rosa A M B ^a   Dalle Lucca, Jurema ^b   Carmona, Euridice ^a   Picarelli, Zuleika P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

amino acid sequences; angiotensins; Bothrops jararaca snake; identification; peptide formation; plasma; renin angiotensin system; vasoactive peptides

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; KININASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ILEUM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SNAKE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS JARARACA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029996261     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02072-1     Document Type: Article

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