Purification and characterization of protease activated by sulfur mustard in normal human epidermal keratinocytes

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 467-472

  Chakrabarti, Arun K ^a   Ray, Prabhati ^a   Broomfield, Clarence A ^b   Ray, Radharaman ^b  

^a Div Exp Therapeut   (United States)

^b US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human epidermal keratinocytes; Laminin; Protease; Protease purification; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

DYFLOS; LEUPEPTIN; MUSTARD GAS; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSTARD GAS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SKIN;

EID: 0031751254     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(98)00160-9     Document Type: Article

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