Fibrin(ogen)olytic activity of bumblebee venom serine protease

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-213

  Qiu, Yuling ^a,b   Choo, Young Moo ^c   Yoon, Hyung Joo ^c   Jia, Jingming ^b   Cui, Zheng ^b   Wang, Dong ^b   Kim, Doh Hoon ^a,b   Sohn, Hung Dae ^a   Jin, Byung Rae ^a,b  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bumblebee; Fibrin(ogen)olytic enzyme; Honeybee; Serine protease; Venom

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; FIBRINOGEN; PROTHROMBIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FIBRINOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEE VENOMS; BEES; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; FIBRIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTHROMBIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 80051582996     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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