 Protamines
"Protamines" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of simple proteins that yield basic amino acids on hydrolysis and that occur combined with nucleic acid in the sperm of fish. Protamines contain very few kinds of amino acids. Protamine sulfate combines with heparin to form a stable inactive complex; it is used to neutralize the anticoagulant action of heparin in the treatment of heparin overdose. (From Merck Index, 11th ed; Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p692)
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D011479
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D12.776.660.750 D12.776.664.750
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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George B, Fan Q, Dlugos CP, Soofi AA, Zhang J, Verma R, Park TJ, Wong H, Curran T, Nihalani D, Holzman LB. Crk1/2 and CrkL form a hetero-oligomer and functionally complement each other during podocyte morphogenesis. Kidney Int. 2014 Jun; 85(6):1382-1394.
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