Mouse fibroblast-activation protein - Conserved Fap gene organization and biochemical function as a serine protease

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 650-654

  Niedermeyer, Joachim ^a   Enenkel, Barbara ^a   Park, John E ^a   Lenter, Martin ^a   Rettig, Wolfgang J ^a   Damm, Klaus ^a   Schnapp, Andreas ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dipeptidyl peptidase; Gene localization; Gene organization; Serine protease; Type II integral membrane protein

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INTRONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS SPRETUS; MUSCULUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0032525841     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540650.x     Document Type: Article

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