Savignin, a potent thrombin inhibitor isolated from the salivary glands of the tick Ornithodoros savignyi (Acari: Argasidae)

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 82-91

  Nienaber, J ^a   Gaspar, A R M ^a   Neitz, A W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activated factor X; Adenosine diphosphate; Anticoagulant; Electrospray mass spectrometry; High performance liquid chromatography; N benzoyl L arginine p nitroaniline; Ornithodoros savignyi; Salivary gland extracts; Savignin; Thrombin inhibitor; Ticks; Trifluoracetic acid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; COLLAGEN; PLASMIN; SAVIGNIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SALIVARY GLAND; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TICK;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; ARGASIDAE; HEXAPODA; ORNITHODOROS SAVIGNYI;

EID: 0032887014     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4448     Document Type: Article

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