Separation and Partial Characterization of a Coagulant Enzyme from Bitis gabonica Venom
@article{Marsh1974SeparationAP, title={Separation and Partial Characterization of a Coagulant Enzyme from Bitis gabonica Venom}, author={N. Marsh and B. Whaler}, journal={British Journal of Haematology}, year={1974}, volume={26} }
Summary. The venom of the Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) has been shown to possess both coagulant and anticoagulant activities in vitro. These findings confirm in part previous results, the latter effect probably being achieved by proteolytic breakdown of fibrinogen.
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