Purification, characterization and crystallization of Jararacussin-I, a fibrinogen-clotting enzyme isolated from the venom of Bothrops jararacussu

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1307-1312

  Bortoleto, Raquel K ^a   Murakami, Mário T ^a   Watanabe, Leandra ^a   Soares, Andreimar M ^b   Arni, Raghuvir K ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops jararacussu snake venom; Characterization and crystallization; Fibrinogen clotting enzyme; Purification; Thrombin like enzyme

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; BENZAMIDINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; ENZYME; ESTERASE; FIBRINOGEN; JARARACUSSIN I; SEPHAROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDINES; BOTHROPS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CROTALID VENOMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DITHIOTHREITOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESTERASES; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU; BOVINAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036709011     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00140-X     Document Type: Article

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