Bothroalternin, a thrombin inhibitor from the venom of Bothrops alternatus

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1903-1912

  Castro, H C ^a   Dutra, D L S ^a   Oliveira Carvalho, A L ^a   Zingali, R B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTHROJARACIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTITHROMBINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOTHROPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROTALID VENOMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE SERA; LECTINS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RABBITS; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0032400791     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00111-1     Document Type: Article

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