On the occurrence of thrombin-like enzymes in mosquitoes

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 623-634

  Bark, Niklas ^a   Blombäck, Birger ^a,b   Fatah, Kamaran ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

aedes communis; clotting; enzyme; mosquito; thrombin; thrombin like

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLPIPECOLYLARGININE 4 NITROANILIDE; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18844472326     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0049-3848(96)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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