Intraspecies differences in hemostatic venom activities of the South American rattlesnakes, Crotalus durissus cumanensis, as revealed by a range of protease inhibitors

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-530

  Salazar, Ana M ^a   Aguilar, Irma ^b   Guerrero, Belsy ^a   Girón, Maróa E ^b   Lucena, Sara ^a   Sánchez, Elda E ^c   Rodróguez Acosta, Alexis ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^d NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Crotalus durissus cumanensis; Fibrino(geno)lytic; Hemorrhage; Hemostasis; Protease inhibitors; Rattlesnakes

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CALCIUM; EGTAZIC ACID; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; KALLIKREIN; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PHENANTHROLINE; PLASMIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SNAKE VENOM; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; THROMBIN; ANTITHROMBIN; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; HEPARIN; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALUS DURISSUS CUMANENSIS; ENVENOMATION; FIBRIN POLYMERIZATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOSTASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTITHROMBINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; METALLOPROTEASES; MICE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 58149109892     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328304e02e     Document Type: Article

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