Complex formation between PSA isoenzymes and protease inhibitors

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1099-1103

  Leinonen, Jari ^a   Zhang, Wan Ming ^a   Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

prostate specific antigen; protease inhibitors

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINASE INHIBITION; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030070722     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66399-7     Document Type: Article

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