Gene structures of Trocarin D and coagulation factor X, two functionally diverse prothrombin activators from Australian rough scaled snake

Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 205-208

  Reza, M Abu ^a   Swarup, Sanjay ^a   Kini, R Manjunatha ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exon intron boundary; Factor X; Hemostasis; Prothrombin activation; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10 ACTIVATOR; PROTEINASE; PROTHROMBIN; PROTHROMBIN ACTIVATOR; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN; TROCARIN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUSTRALIAN ROUGH SCALED SNAKE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HEMOSTASIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SNAKE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TROPIDECHIS CARINATUS;

ANIMALS; EXONS; FACTOR X; GENE COMPONENTS; HEMOSTASIS; INTRONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTHROMBIN; SNAKE VENOMS;

EID: 33646811871     PISSN: 14248832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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