Snake venom thrombin-like enzymes: From reptilase to now

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 843-856

  Castro, H C ^a   Zingali, R B ^b   Albuquerque, M G ^b   Pujol Luz, M ^a   Rodrigues, C R ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen; Platelets; Primary sequence; Serine protease; Snake venom; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; COAGULATING AGENT; DYFLOS; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; KALLIKREIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN; TRYPSIN;

BINDING SITE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATALYSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; HEART INFARCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BATROXOBIN; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SNAKE VENOMS; THROMBIN;

SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442621031     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3325-z     Document Type: Review

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