The proprotein convertases

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-39

  Steiner, Donald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SUBTILISIN;

HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

FURIN; HUMANS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 0031995477     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80033-1     Document Type: Article

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