Vitellogenesis-related ovary cathepsin D from Xenopus laevis: Purification and properties in comparison with liver cathepsin D

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 835-840

  Nakamura, K ^a   Yonezawa, S ^b   Yoshizaki, N ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

cathepsin D; comparison; enzyme conversion; liver; ovary; purification; vitellogenesis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLOGENESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029936001     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02102-7     Document Type: Article

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