A double headed serine proteinase inhibitor - Human plasma kallikrein and elastase inhibitor - From Boophilus microplus larvae

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 171-177

  Tanaka, Aparecida S ^a   Andreotti, Renato ^b   Gomes, Alberto ^b   Torquato, Ricardo J S ^a   Sampaio, Misako U ^a   Sampaio, Claudio A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

APTT; Blood coagulation; Serine proteinase inhibitors; Tick

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; PLASMA KALLIKREIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TICKS;

EID: 0032735453     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(99)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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