Molecular cloning and expression of bothrojaracin, a potent thrombin inhibitor from snake venom

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 550-557

  Arocas, Véronique ^a,b   Castro, Helena C ^c   Zingali, Russolina B ^c   Guillin, Marie Claude ^b   Jandrot Perrus, Martine ^b   Bon, Cassian ^a   Wisner, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C type lectin; Expression of recombinant heterodimeric protein; Moleuclar cloning and sequencing; Snake venom protein; Thrombin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

BOTHROPS JARARACA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030930829     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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