Isolation, properties and N-terminal amino acid sequence of a factor V activator from Vipera lebetina (Levantine viper) snake venom

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1429, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 239-248

  Siigur, Ene ^a   Samel, Mari ^a   Tõnismägi, Külli ^a   Subbi, Juhan ^a   Reintamm, Tõnu ^a   Siigur, Jüri ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Factor V activator; Glycoprotein; Snake venom; Vipera lebetina

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GEL FILTRATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

MACROVIPERA LEBETINA; SERPENTES; VIPER; VIPERA; VIPERA RUSSELLI;

EID: 0032436007     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(98)00232-5     Document Type: Article

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