Decreased sensitivity of lens-specific calpain Lp82 to calpastatin inhibitor

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-162

  Nakamura, Y ^a   Fukiage, C ^a,b   Ma, H ^b   Shih, M ^b   Azuma, M ^a,b   Shearer, T R ^b  

^a SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calpastatin; Casein zymography; Immunoblot; Lp82; M calpain; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; CASEIN; ISOENZYME; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032787439     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0686     Document Type: Article

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