Rabbit kidney aminopeptidases: Purification and some properties

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 215-221

  Oliveira, Sonia M ^a   Freitas Jr , Jose O ^a   Alves, Kaethy B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Arylamidase; Arylaminopeptidase; Rabbit; Rabbit kidney

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; ARYL ACYLAMIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ION EXCHANGE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY; KINETICS; RABBITS;

EID: 0032733736     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(99)00080-6     Document Type: Article

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