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Bothrops jararaca snakes produce several bothrojaracin isoforms following an individual pattern.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology - 1 Aug 1998
Monteiro R Q, Dutra D L, Machado O L, Carlini C R, Guimarães J A, Bon C, Zingali R B
Abstract excerpt
More than one isoform of bothrojaracin (BJC), a potent and specific thrombin inhibitor isolated from Bothrops jararaca venom, has been found in individual venoms collected from adult snakes. Variations in snake venom composition have previously been associated with factors such as age, sex, geogr...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acids
- Animals
- Bothrops
- Chromatography, Affinity
- Chromatography, Gel
- Crotalid Venoms
- DNA, Complementary
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- In Vitro Techniques
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
- Rabbits
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Thrombin