Bothrops jararaca snakes produce several bothrojaracin isoforms following an individual pattern

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 791-798

  Monteiro, Robson Q ^a   Dutra, Denis L S ^a   Machado, Olga L T ^b   Carlini, Célia R ^a   Guimarães, Jorge A ^a   Bon, Cassian ^c   Zingali, Russolina B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bothrojaracin; Bothrops jararaca; IEF pattern; Individual variation; Isoforms; N terminal sequence; Snake; Thrombin; Venom

Indexed keywords

BOTHROJARACIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; VENOM;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAKE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

BOTHROPS JARARACA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0032428239     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10070-6     Document Type: Article

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