Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of Protac®, a commercial protein C activator isolated from Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix venom

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1752, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 202-204

  Murakami, Mário T ^a   Arni, Raghuvir K ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix venom; Protein C activator; Serine proteinase; X ray diffraction analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PROTAC; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBOMODULIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; CROTALID VENOMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN C;

AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX CONTORTRIX;

EID: 25144503261     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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