Cloning, Expression and Characterization of a Gene from Earthworm Eisenia fetida Encoding a Blood-Clot Dissolving Protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Li, GangQiang ^a   Wang, Kevin Yueju ^b   Li, DaHui ^c   Wang, Nan ^a   Liu, DeHu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBRIN; RESIN; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CATALYSIS; CELL INCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CST1 GENE; EISENIA FETIDA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBRINOLYSIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LUMBROKINASE GENE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIBRIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOCHAETA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; EISENIA FETIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84871666361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053110     Document Type: Article

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