Purification and characterization of a fibrinolytic enzyme and identification of fibrinogen clotting enzyme in a marine green alga, Codium divaricatum

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-143

  Matsubara, Kiminori ^a   Hori, Kanji ^b   Matsuura, Yasushi ^a   Miyazawa, Keisuke ^b  

^a OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codium divaricatum; Fibrinogen clotting enzyme; Fibrinogenolytic activity; Fibrinolytic activity; Marine alga; Protease activity; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; DYFLOS; PLASMIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM DIVARICATUM; SERPENTES;

EID: 0034129048     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00161-3     Document Type: Article

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