Involvement of calpain in postmortem proteolysis in the rat brain

Forensic Science International

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 165-174

  Sorimachi, Yoshihide ^a   Harada, Kazuki ^b   Yoshida, Ken Ichi ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calpain; Fodrin; Postmortem interval; Proteolysis; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; FODRIN; LEUPEPTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CADAVER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

EID: 0030586896     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(96)01981-0     Document Type: Article

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