Hirudin: An antithrombin substance extracted from the salivary glands of the leech that has the property of preventing coagulation of the blood. [L. hirudo, leech]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Hirudin: A 65-residue polypeptide from LEECHES.
Source: Diseases Database
Hirudin: active principle in the buccal gland secretion (saliva) of leeches; it acts as an antithrombin and as an antithrombotic agent.
Source: CRISP
Hirudin: Single-chain polypeptides of about 65 amino acids (7 kDa) from LEECHES that have a neutral hydrophobic N terminus, an acidic hydrophilic C terminus, and a compact, hydrophobic core region. Recombinant hirudins lack tyr-63 sulfation so are referred to as 'desulfato-hirudins'. They form a stable non-covalent complex with ALPHA-THROMBIN, thereby abolishing its ability to cleave FIBRINOGEN.
Source: MeSH 2007
Source: Diseases Database
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - CRISP
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Hirudin into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: Diseases Database
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