A new type of major aminopeptidase in bovine brain

Biochemical and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-168

  Yanagisawa, Jungo ^a   Tsuda, Michio ^a   Ohkubo, Tomoichi ^a   Hiyoshi, Mineyoshi ^a   Kamiguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Tsukamoto, Hideo ^a   Yamamura, Masaichi ^a   Kocha, Tomoji ^b   Aoyagi, Takaaki ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COW; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GEL FILTRATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0030450387     PISSN: 10773150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bmme.1996.0082     Document Type: Article

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