Identification of proteins similar to Bothrops jararaca coagulation inhibitor (BjI) in the plasmas of Bothrops alternatus, Bothrops jararacussu and Crotalus durissus terrificus snakes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 236-240

  Batista de Morais, Karen ^a   Fernandes Grego, Kathleen ^a   Mitico Tanaka Azevedo, Anita ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Bothrops jararaca; Crotalinae; Plasma; Snake; Thrombin inhibitor; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR; THROMBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; BOTHROPS JARARACUSSU; CROTALINAE; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 37349041349     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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