Recombinant expression of human mast cell proteases chymase and tryptase

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-174

  Wang, Zhe Mei ^a   Walter, Michele ^a   Selwood, Trevor ^a   Rubin, Harvey ^a   Schechter, Norman M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Enterokinase; Fusion protein; Human chymase; Human tryptase; Recombinant; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; ENTEROPEPTIDASE; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TRYPSINOGEN; TRYPTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CELL CULTURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HUMAN; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031909352     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.2.167     Document Type: Article

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