Purification and characterization of a thrombin-like enzyme, elegaxobin, from the venom of Trimeresurus elegans (Sakishima-habu)

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1087-1100

  Oyama, Etsuko ^a   Takahashi, Hidenobu ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE ESTERASE; ELEGAXOBIN; ENZYME; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; FIBRINOPEPTIDE B; SEPHADEX; SEPHAROSE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN; TOSYLARGININE METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FIBRINOGEN METABOLISM; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROTALID VENOMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; RABBITS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TOSYLARGININE METHYL ESTER; TRIMERESURUS;

EID: 0034256913     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00220-2     Document Type: Article

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