Isolation and characterization of insect PC2-like prohormone convertase cDNA

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-310

  Mentrup, B ^a   Londershausen, M ^b   Spindler, K D ^c   Weidemann, W ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Endocrinology; Lucilia cuprina; Prohormone convertase 2 (PC2); Prohormone processing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CDNA LIBRARY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA ISOLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CODON; DIPTERA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SHEEP; SUBTILISINS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MELANOGASTER; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033179864     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83113.x     Document Type: Article

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