Proline-Specific Dipeptidyl Peptidase from the Blue Blowfly Calliphora vicina Hydrolyzes in Vitro the Ecdysiostatic Peptide Trypsin-Modulating Oostatic Factor (Neb-TMOF)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-157

  Martensen, Ilka ^b   Koolman, Jan ^b   Mentlein, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calliphora vicina; Diptera; Neb TMOF; Peptidases; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; INSECT HORMONE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; OOSTATIC FACTOR, MOSQUITO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PH;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD26; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIPTERA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; INSECT HORMONES; OLIGOPEPTIDES;

EID: 0031608134     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1998)37:2<146::AID-ARCH3>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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