Convulxin, a potent platelet-aggregating protein from crotalus durissus terrificus venom, specifically binds to platelets

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1217-1228

  Francischetti, Ivo M B ^a,b   Saliou, Bernard ^a   Leduc, Mireille ^a   Carlini, Celia R ^b   Hatmi, Mohamed ^c   Randon, Jacques ^c   Faili, Ahmad ^c   Cassian, Bon ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BATROXOBIN; BOTROCETIN; COLLAGEN; CONVULXIN; FIBRINOGEN; LAMININ; SEROTONIN; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL AGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOOD PLATELETS; CROTALID VENOMS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBITS; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS JARARACA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030801096     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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