Enhanced serine protease activities in the sulfur mustard-exposed homogenates of hairless guinea pig skin

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 625-638

  Kam, Chih Min ^a   Selzler, Joe ^a   Schulz, Susan M ^b   Bongiovanni, Rudolfo ^b   Powers, James C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chymase; Elastase; Inhibitor; Serine protease; Substrate; Sulfur mustard; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMMONIA LYASE; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CHYMASE; ELASTASE; ELASTASE INHIBITOR; MUSTARD GAS; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TRYPTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SKIN; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030812735     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/109158197226937     Document Type: Article

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