Enzymatic digestion of bradykinin by rat Sertoli cell cultures

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-381

  Monsees, Thomas K ^a   Miska, Werner ^a   Schill, Wolf Bernhard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

kallikrein kinin system; Kininase type II; neutral metalloendopeptidase; peptide degradation

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; CAPTOPRIL; ENALAPRIL; KININASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHORAMIDON; THIORPHAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KALLIKREIN KININ SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRADYKININ; CELLS, CULTURED; MALE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 0029821174     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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