Comparative analysis of prothrombin activators from the venom of Australian elapids

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1853-1864

  St Pierre, Liam ^a,b   Masci, Paul P ^c   Filippovich, Igor ^a   Sorokina, Natasha ^a   Marsh, Neville ^b   Miller, David J ^d   Lavin, Martin F ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Factor V; Factor X; Gene cloning; Oxyuranus scutellatus; Prothrombin activator; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; ENZYME PRECURSOR; HOPSARIN D; NOTECARIN D; OMICARIN C; OSCUTARIN C; PORPHARIN D; PROTEINASE; PROTHROMBIN; PSEUTARIN C; SNAKE VENOM; TROCARIN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FACTOR VA; FACTOR XA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTHROMBIN; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ELAPIDAE; MAMMALIA; OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 23944515544     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi181     Document Type: Article

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