Secretion of a proteolytic anticoagulant by Ancylostoma hookworms.
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Secretion of a proteolytic anticoagulant by Ancylostoma hookworms
Hookworms of the genus Ancylostoma secrete an anticoagulant that both inhibits the clotting of human plasma and promotes fibrin clot dissolution. This anticoagulant activity is attributable to a 36,000 dalton proteolytic enzyme. The protease can degrade fibrinogen into five smaller polypeptides that intrinsically have anticoagulating properties, covert plasminogen to a mini-plasminogen-like mol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0022-1007,1540-9538
DOI: 10.1084/jem.157.5.1594