Hydrolysis and synthesis of substrate proteins for cathepsin L in the brain basement membranes of Sarcophaga during metamorphosis

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 539-542

  Fujii Taira, Ikuko ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Homma, Koichi J ^b   Natori, Shunji ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

20 Hydroxyecdysone; Basement membrane; Cathepsin L; Neural remodeling; Sarcophaga peregrina

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HYDROLYSIS; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

INSECTA; PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA;

EID: 0033814168     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022784     Document Type: Article

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