Isolation of bothrasperin, a disintegrin with potent platelet aggregation inhibitory activity, from the venom of the psnake Bothrops asper

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 253-259

  Pinto, Adrián ^a   Angulo, Yamileth ^a   Jiménez, Rafael ^b   Lomonte, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE NIÑOS   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bothrops; Disintegrin; Platelet aggregation; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DISINTEGRIN; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SNAKE; THROMBOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BOTHROPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROTALID VENOMS; DISINTEGRINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ASPER; SERPENTES;

EID: 1642361742     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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