Purification and initial characterization of a novel protein with factor Xa activity from Lonomia obliqua caterpillar spicules

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-412

  Lilla, S ^a   Pereira, R ^a   Hyslop, S ^b   Donato, J L ^a   Le Bonniec, B F ^c   De Nucci, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Caterpillars; Electrospray time of flight mass spectrometry; Envenoming; Factor Xa

Indexed keywords

GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYPEPTIDES; PURIFICATION;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONOMIA OBLIQUA CATERPILLAR SPICULES; REVERSE PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

PROTEINS;

BILIVERDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; BILIVERDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LONOMIA OBLIQUA; MASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WORM;

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISULFIDES; FACTOR XA; LEPIDOPTERA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 15344343757     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.802     Document Type: Article

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