Alanyl aminopeptidase from human seminal plasma: Purification characterization, and immunohistochemical localization in the male genital tract

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 779-787

  Huang, Kai ^a   Takahara, Shuji ^a   Kinouchi, Toshiaki ^b   Takeyama, Masami ^c   Ishida, Tetsuo ^a   Ueyama, Hisao ^a   Nishi, Katsuji ^a   Ohkubo, Iwao ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b CENTER FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Osaka Minato Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanyl aminopeptidase; Characterization; Immunohistochemistry; Purification; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; ACTINONIN; AMASTATIN; BESTATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MONOMER;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROSTATE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEMINAL PLASMA; TESTIS;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0030679556     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021823     Document Type: Article

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