Screening for fibrinolytic activity in eight Viperid venoms

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-98

  Ramírez, María Susana ^a   Sánchez, Elda E ^a   García Prieto, Celia ^a   Pérez, John C ^a   Rodríguez Chapa, Gloria ^a   McKeller, Morgan R ^a   Ramírez, Rosemary ^a   De Anda, Yvonne ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agkistrodon; Crotalinae; Fibrin clot; Fibrinolytic enzymes; Metalloproteinases; Proteinase inhibitors; Thrombolytic therapy; Venom; Viperid

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROTALID VENOMS; FIBRIN; FIBRINOLYSIS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0345035486     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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