The angiogenins

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 811-824

  Strydom, D J ^a  

^a BioNebraska Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis mechanism; Angiogenin; Differential splicing; ESTs; Evolution; Review; Ribonucleases; RNase 4

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANGIOGENIN; ANGIOSTATIN; ELASTASE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; PANCREATIC RIBONUCLEASE; PLASMINOGEN; RIBONUCLEASE A;

ANGIOGENESIS; BIRD; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME 14; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE LOCUS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RABBIT; REVIEW; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031720230     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050210     Document Type: Review

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