Identification and partial characterization of a metallopeptidase from porcine ovaries

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 574-581

  Takahashi, Takayuki ^a   Matsui, Hitoshi ^a   Kihara, Takahiro ^a   Kimura, Atsushi ^a   Ohnishi, Junji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EDETIC ACID; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL FILTRATION; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHENANTHROLINE;

ANIMALS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATTLE; CHELATING AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OVARY; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0032529737     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980815)281:6<574::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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