Characterization of ficolins as novel elastin-binding proteins and molecular cloning of human ficolin-1

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 745-751

  Harumiya, Satoru ^a,b   Takeda, Kohsuke ^a   Sugiura, Tsukasa ^b   Fukumoto, Yuki ^b   Tachikawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Miyazono, Kohei ^a   Fujimoto, Daisaburo ^b   Ichijo, Hidenori ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elastin; Elastin binding protein; Ficolin; Plasma; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; ELASTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ELASTIN BINDING PROTEIN 37; FICOLIN; HUMAN FICOLIN 1; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC FIBER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029853337     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021474     Document Type: Article

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