Kininase of the latrodectus tredecimguttatus venom: A study of its enzyme substrate specificity

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 160-162

  Akhunov, A A ^a   Makevnina, L G ^b   Golubenko, Z ^a   Paskhina, T S ^b  

^a S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Bradykinin; Thiol endopeptidase; Venom kininase

Indexed keywords

KININASE; PROTEINASE; SPIDER VENOM; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER;

EID: 0029941195     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(95)00081-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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