title: Determination of protein C in plasma.
abstract: Three new methods to characterize the function of protein C in plasma are described and compared to established procedures. Two methods make use of a snake venom derived specific protein C activator which allows rapid, sensitive and standardizable assays in plasma without sample pretreatment. The other technique is a two dimensional immunoelectrophoresis in the presence of calcium or EDTA, respectively.
mesh_terms: D000991:Antithrombins / Q000032:analysis*; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis / Q000379:methods; D007123:Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007700:Kinetics; D011486:Protein C; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D000991:Antithrombins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011486:Protein C