Characterization of kininases in testicular cells

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 169-171

  Monsees, Thomas K ^a   Miska, Werner ^a   Schill, Wolf Bernhard ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kallikrein kinin system; Kininase type I and II; Neutral metalloendopeptidase; Peptide degradation; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

ARGININE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; BRADYKININ; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENALAPRIL; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0030011661     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(95)00084-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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