Molecular cloning and sequence determination of a novel aspartic proteinase from Antarctic fish

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1387, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 457-461

  Capasso, Clemente ^a   Riggio, Marilisa ^b   Scudiero, Rosaria ^b   Carginale, Vincenzo ^a   Di Prisco, Guido ^a   Kay, John ^c   Kille, Peter ^c   Parisi, Elio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish; Aspartic proteinase; Cathepsin D; Cathepsin E

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIVER ENZYME;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; FISH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FISHES; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PISCES;

EID: 0032497374     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(98)00136-8     Document Type: Article

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