Aminopeptidase N in sera of healthy subjects is a different N-terminal processed derivative from the one obtained from maternal serum

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-294

  Watanabe, Yasuhiro ^a   Ito, Kei ^a   Iwaki Egawa, Sachiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Rie ^a   Fujimoto, Yukio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminopeptidase; Aminopeptidase N; Human serum

Indexed keywords

MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032049478     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1998.2676     Document Type: Article

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