Functional analyses yield detailed insight into the mechanism of thrombin inhibition by the antihemostatic salivary protein cE5 from Anopheles gambiae.
Pirone, L., Ripoll-Rozada, J., Leone, M., Ronca, R., Lombardo, F., Fiorentino, G., Andersen, J.F., Pereira, P.J.B., Arca, B., Pedone, E.(2017) J. Biol. Chem. 292: 12632-12642
- PubMed: 28592490 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M117.788042
- PubMed Abstract: 
Saliva of blood-feeding arthropods carries several antihemostatic compounds whose physiological role is to facilitate successful acquisition of blood. The identification of novel natural anticoagulants and the understanding of their mechanism of acti ...