The cystatins: Protein inhibitors of cysteine proteinases

FEBS Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 213-219

  Turk, Vito ^a   Bode, Wolfram ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Cystatin; Kininogen; Mechanism of interaction; Stefin; Structure

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; KININOGEN; STEFIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTATINS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; KININOGENS; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0025817602     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80804-C     Document Type: Short Survey

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