Molecular cloning and antifibrinolytic activity of a serine protease inhibitor from bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) venom

Toxicon

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Qiu, Yuling ^a,b   Lee, Kwang Sik ^a   Choo, Young Moo ^a   Kong, Dexin ^b   Yoon, Hyung Joo ^c   Jin, Byung Rae ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifibrinolytic agent; Bumblebee; Plasmin inhibitor; Serine protease inhibitor; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; PLASMIN; PLASMIN INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT BOMBUS TERRESTRIS VENOM KUNITZ TYPE SERINE PROTEASE INHIBITOR; THROMBIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS VENOM KUNITZ TYPE SERINE PROTEASE INHIBITOR GENE; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BEE VENOMS; BEES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FIBRINOLYSIN; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; THROMBIN;

EID: 84873560115     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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