Expression and functional characterization of chitribrisin, a thrombin-like enzyme, in the venom of the Chinese green pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris)

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-52

  Lin, Yixin ^a   Yu, Xiaodong ^a   He, Qiyi ^a   Li, Heng ^a   Li, Dehua ^a   Song, Xixun ^a   Wang, Yusheng ^a   Wen, Haoping ^a   Deng, Huanhuan ^a   Deng, Jiangyu ^a  

^a CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitribrisin; Expression; Thrombin like enzyme; Trimeresurus albolabris

Indexed keywords

CHITRIBRISIN, TRIMERESURUS ALBOLABRIS; FIBRINOGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROTALID VENOMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THROMBIN; TRIMERESURUS;

CRYPTELYTROPS ALBOLABRIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOOSE PARVOVIRUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 65749112231     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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