A novel protein, lysenin, that causes contraction of the isolated rat aorta: Its purification from the coelomic fluid of the earthworm, Eisenia foetida

Biomedical Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-203

  Sekizawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hagiwara, Kenichi ^b   Nakajima, Terumi ^b,c   Kobayashi, Hideshi ^a  

^a ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSENIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALIA; EISENIA FETIDA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0029795495     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.17.197     Document Type: Article

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