Purification and characterization of an arginine-specific peptidase from ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) polen

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-369

  Bagarozzi Jr , Dennis A ^b   Potempa, Jan ^b   Travis, James ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA;

ARGININE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLLEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; ASTHMA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; POLLEN; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTANCE P; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0032011401     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.18.3.2825     Document Type: Article

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