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Josmary Brazón1, Belsy Guerrero2, Gina D'Suze1

  • 1Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología Celular, Centro de Biofísica y Bioquímica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC), Apartado 20632, Caracas, 1020-A, Venezuela.

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
|December 3, 2013
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Keywords:
Fibrino(geno)lytic activityFibrinogenScorpion venomTityus discrepansα-Fibrinogenases

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