Anticoagulant serine fibrinogenases from Vipera lebetina venom: Structure-function relationships

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 826-831

  Siigur, Ene ^a   Aaspõollu, Anu ^a   Siigur, Jüri ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Serine proteinase; Snake venom; Fibrinogenase; Fibrinogenase

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT PROTEIN; ARGININE ESTERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA FIBRINOGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; GLYCINE; HISTAMINE; SERINE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOMBIN A; VIPERA LEBETINA VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037954283     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613468     Document Type: Article

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