Proteolytic activity directed toward pigment epithelium-derived factor in vitreous of bovine eyes: Implications of proteolytic processing

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1984-1993

  Wu, Yan Q ^a   Becerra, S Patricia ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bovine eyes; pigment epithelium derived factor; serine proteinases; serpins; vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

4 (2 AMINOETHYL)BENZENESULFONYL FLUORIDE; ANTISERUM; APROTININ; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; EDETIC ACID; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PEPSTATIN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR; PLASMIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; THROMBIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; APROTININ; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; EYE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PEPSTATINS; PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SERPINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFONES; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0029761958     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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