A new factor Xa inhibitor (lefaxin) from the Haementeria depressa leech

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1469-1473

  Faria, Fernanda ^a   Kelen, Eva Maria A ^a   Sampaio, Claudio A M ^b   Bon, Cassian ^c   Duval, Nathalie ^c   Chudzinski Tavassi, Ana Marisa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

FXa inhibitor; Haementeria depressa; Leeches

Indexed keywords

ANTISTASIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; FLUPHENAZINE; GHILANTEN; LEFAXIN; NEW DRUG; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; SEPHADEX; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; GEL FILTRATION; HEMIPTERA; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LEECH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SALIVA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0032723634     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614857     Document Type: Article

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