Purification and Characterization of a Novel Serine Protease with Fibrinolytic Activity from Tenodera sinensis (Chinese Mantis) Egg Cases

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 579-584

  Cho, So Yean ^a   Hahn, Bum Soo ^a   Kim, Yeong Shik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fibrinolytic activity; Properties; Purification; Serine protease; Tenodera sinensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004997894     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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