Cysteine proteinase plays a key role for the initiation of yolk digestion during development of Xenopus laevis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 659-667

  Yoshizaki, Norio ^a   Yonezawa, Satoshi ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cathepsin D; Cysteine proteinase; Development; Xenopus; Yolk digestion

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031761930     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-4-00010.x     Document Type: Article

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