Coagulant thrombin-like enzymes from the venoms of Brazilian and Peruvian bushmaster (Lachesis muta muta) snakes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-266

  Magalhaes, Arinos ^a   Ferreira, Rodrigo N ^a   Richardson, Michael ^a   Gontijo, Silea ^a   Yarleque, Armando ^b   Magalhaes, Henrique P B ^c   Bloch, Carlos ^d   Sanchez, Eladio F ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antithrombotic; Bushmaster; Clotting enzymes; Lachesis; Serineproteinases; Snake venoms; Thrombin like

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; FIBRINOPEPTIDE B; GLYCOSIDASE; ISOENZYME; PRECIPITIN; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN; THROMBIN LIKE ENZYME B; THROMBIN LIKE ENZYME P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANAMIVIR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DEGLYCOSYLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LACHESIS MUTA MUTA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BOTHROPS; BOVINAE; LACHESIS; LACHESIS MUTA; LACHESIS MUTA MUTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 1542503083     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00202-1     Document Type: Article

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