Purification and characterization of a thrombin like enzyme, elegaxobin II, with lys-bradykinin releasing activity from the venom of Trimeresurus elegans (Sakishima-Habu)

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 559-568

  Oyama, Etsuko ^a   Takahashi, Hidenobu ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elegaxobin II; Kinin releasing activity; Trimeresurus elegans

Indexed keywords

4 AMIDINOPHENYLMETHASULFONYL FLUORIDE; BRADYKININ; CARBOHYDRATE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ELEGAXOBIN 2; ENZYME; ESTERASE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; FIBRINOPEPTIDE B; FLUORIDE; SEPHADEX; SERINE PROTEINASE; TOSYLARGININE METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GEL FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RABBIT; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BRADYKININ; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROTALID VENOMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; RABBITS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRIMERESURUS;

BOVINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRIMERESURUS ELEGANS; TRIMERESURUS FLAVOVIRIDIS;

EID: 0037401417     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00363-X     Document Type: Article

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