Isolation and characterization of the tsetse thrombin inhibitor: A potent antithrombotic peptide from the saliva of Glossina morsitans morsitans

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 475-480

  Cappello, Michael ^a   Bergum, Peter W ^b   Vlasuk, George P ^b   Furmidge, Barbara A ^c   Pritchard, David I ^c   Aksoy, Serap ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dendreon   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; THROMBIN INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

EID: 0030003883     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.475     Document Type: Article

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