Purification and partial characterization of a thrombin-like enzyme, balterobin, from the venom of Bothrops alternatus

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1059-1063

  Smolka, Marcus B ^a   Marangoni, Sérgio ^a   Oliveira, Benedito ^a   Novello, José C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032125141     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)80008-1     Document Type: Article

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