Life without blood: Molecular and functional analysis of hirudins and hirudin-like factors of the Asian non-hematophagous leech Whitmania pigra.

Christian Müller Zhongjie Wang Magdalena Hamann Dana Sponholz Jan-Peter Hildebrandt

Published in: Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH (2022)

Based on both structural and functional data we provide very strong evidence for the expression of hirudins in Whitmania pigra. This is the first description of hirudins in a non-hematophagous leech.

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