Purification and characterization of multisquamase, the prothrombin activator present in echis multisquamatus venom

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-316

  Petrovan, Ramona J ^a,b   Govers Riemslag, José W P ^a   Nowak, Götz ^b   Hemker, H Coenraad ^a   Rosing, Jan ^a   Tans, Guido ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echis carinatus; Echis multisquamatus; Prothrombin activation; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DECARBOXYPROTHROMBIN; ECARIN; PROTEINASE; PROTHROMBIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IONIC STRENGTH; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENZYMES; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBIN; VIPER VENOMS;

EID: 0031278042     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(97)00258-2     Document Type: Article

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