Effects of snake venom proteases on human fibrinogen chains

Blood Transfusion

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Cortelazzo, Alessio ^a   Guerranti, Roberto ^a   Bini, Luca ^a   Hope Onyekwere, Nnadozie ^a   Muzzi, Chiara ^a   Leoncini, Roberto ^a   Pagani, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Envenomation; Plasma; Proteolysis; Proteome

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEINASE; PROTEOME; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; GEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEOMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEOMICS; VIPER VENOMS;

EID: 78049388367     PISSN: 17232007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2450/2010.019S     Document Type: Article

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