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Proteins from snake venoms may act on all parts of the haemostatic system in mammal organisms, i.e. also on the fibrinolytic system (Stocker and Meier 1989).
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Klöcking, HP., Hoffmann, A. (1991). Effects of Snake Venoms on Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Release. In: Chambers, P.L., Chambers, C.M., Wiezorek, W.D., Golbs, S. (eds) Recent Developments in Toxicology: Trends, Methods and Problems. Archives of Toxicology, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74936-0_31
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