Molecular cloning of Aplysia neuronal cDNAs that encode carboxypeptidases related to mammalian prohormone processing enzymes

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 937-945

  Fan, Xuemo ^a   Nagle, Gregg T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HORMONE PRECURSOR;

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANAS SP.; APLYSIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029849282     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1996.15.937     Document Type: Article

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