Guinea pig lung tryptase. Localisation to mast cells and characterisation of the partially purified enzyme

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 331-340

  McEuen, Alan R ^a   He, Shaoheng ^a   Brander, Matthew L ^a   Walls, Andrew F ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APC 366; guinea pig; heparin; mast cell; protease; tryptase

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANTIPAIN; ANTITHROMBIN III; BENZAMIDINE; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CHYMOSTATIN; DYFLOS; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LEUPEPTIN; N (1 HYDROXY 2 NAPHTHOYL)ARGINYLPROLINAMIDE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PEPSTATIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; RADIOISOTOPE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TRYPTASE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEL FILTRATION; GUINEA PIG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IONIC STRENGTH; LUNG; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030602911     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(96)00211-0     Document Type: Article

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