| kistrin | <haematology, molecular biology> Naturally occurring inhibitor (68 residue peptide) of platelet aggregation found in the venom of Malayan pit viper Agkistrodon rhodostoma. Kistrin has an RGD site that competes for the platelet IIb/IIIa integrin and is therefore one of the disintegrins. (18 Nov 1997) |
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