Molecular cloning, sequence analysis and expression distribution of an aminopeptidase in Aplysia californica

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 429-437

  Wickham, Louise ^a   Zappulla, Jacques Philippe ^a   DesGroseillers, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Aplysia californica; Central nervous system; Ectoenzyme; Metallopeptidase; Mollusk; Neuropeptide; Neuropeptide degrading enzyme; Peptide degradation

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032745351     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00136-4     Document Type: Article

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