Prostatic kallikrein hK2, but not prostate-specific antigen (hK3), activates single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 897-899

  Frenette, Gilles ^a   Tremblay, Roland R ^a   Lazure, Claude ^b   Dube, Jean Y ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KALLIKREIN; PLASMIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; KALLIKREINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROSTATE; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0030975940     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970529)71:5<897::AID-IJC31>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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