Purification, characterization and primary structure of a chymotrypsin inhibitor from Naja atra venom

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-224

  Zhou, Xing Ding ^a,b,c   Jin, Yang ^a   Lu, Qiu Min ^a   Li, Dong Sheng ^a   Zhu, Shao Wen ^a   Wang, Wan Yu ^a   Xiong, Yu Liang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Chinese cobra; Chymotrypsin inhibitor; Isolation; Naja atra; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; NA CI; PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAJA ATRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE;

ATRA; BOVINAE; NAJA ATRA; NAJA NAJA; SERPENTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 1342279424     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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