Silicatein α: Cathepsin L-like protein in sponge biosilica

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 6234-6238

  Shimizu, Katsuhiko ^a   Cha, Jennifer ^a   Stucky, Galen D ^a,b   Morse, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; PAPAIN; SILICATEIN ALPHA; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPONGE (PORIFERA); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATHEPSINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORIFERA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PORIFERA; TETHYA AURANTIA;

EID: 0032568642     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.11.6234     Document Type: Article

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