In silico designing of a new cysteine analogue of hirudin variant 3 for site specific PEGylation

Hirudin is an anticoagulant agent of the salivary glands of the medicinal leech. Recombinant hirudin (r-Hir) displays certain drawbacks including bleeding and immunogenicity. To solve these problems, cysteine-specific PEGylation has been proposed as a successful technique. However, proper selection...

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Main Authors: Seyed Mehdi Sajjadi, Hamzeh Rahimi, Saeed Mohammadi, Mohammad Faranoush, Hasan Mirzahoseini, Gholamreza Toogeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.rpsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-5362;year=2017;volume=12;issue=1;spage=60;epage=66;aulast=Sajjadi