Cathepsin L is an intracellular and extracellular protease in Paramecium tetraurelia: Purification, cloning, sequencing and specific inhibition by its expressed propeptide

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 198-206

  Völkel, Helge ^a   Kurz, Ursula ^a   Linder, Jürgen ^a   Klumpp, Susanne ^a   Gnau, Volker ^a   Jung, Günther ^a   Schultz, Joachim E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cathepsin L; Expression; Paramecium tetraurelia; Propeptide

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PROTOZOA;

CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ISOENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATHEPSINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME PRECURSORS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

EID: 0029882882     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0198q.x     Document Type: Article

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