Cysteine proteinase 1 (CP1), a cathepsin L-like enzyme expressed in the Drosophila melanogaster haemocyte cell line mbn-2

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-181

  Tryselius, Y ^a   Hultmark, D ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cathepsin; cysteine proteinase; Drosophila; haemocyte; lysosome

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031149558     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1997.tb00085.x     Document Type: Article

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