Purification and characterization of a 39,000-Da serine proteinase from the hemolymph of a solitary ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 131-141

  Shishikura, Fumio ^a   Abe, Takeyuki ^a   Ohtake, Shin Ichi ^a   Tanaka, Kunio ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Fibrinogen; Fluorogenic substrates; Halocynthia roretzi; Hemolymph; Limulus coagulogen; Serine proteinase; Serpin

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOLYMPH; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0030830695     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00217-4     Document Type: Article

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