The Core Domain of Hirudin from the Leech Hirudinaria Manillensis: Chemical Modification of a Tryptophan-Containing Synthetic Peptide Analog

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 398, Issue , 1996, Pages 627-633

  De Antoni, F ^a   De Filippis, V ^a   Altichieri, L ^a   Vindigni, A ^a   Polverino De Laureto, P ^a   Fontana, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIRUDINARIA MANILLENSIS; HIRUDINIDA;

2 NITROBENZENESULFENYL CHLORIDE; 2-NITROBENZENESULFENYL CHLORIDE; BNPS SKATOLE; BNPS-SKATOLE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; HIRUDIN DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SKATOLE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEECH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HIRUDINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROBENZENES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SKATOLE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0030332940     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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