Serine proteases affecting blood coagulation and fibrinolysis from snake venoms

Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 200-204

  Kini, R Manjunatha ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Factor V activator; Plasminogen activator; Procoagulant; Protein C activator; Prothrombin activator; Thrombin like enzyme

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 ACTIVATOR; ENZYME; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PROCOAGULANT; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN C ACTIVATOR; PROTHROMBIN; PROTHROMBIN ACTIVATOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN; THROMBIN LIKE ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SNAKE VENOMS;

EID: 33646780927     PISSN: 14248832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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