Characterisation of multiple trypsins from the midgut of Locusta migratoria

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-94

  Lam, Winnie ^a   Coast, Geoffrey M ^a   C Rayne, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digestive proteases; Endopeptidase; Locust; Locusta migratoria; Midgut; N terminal sequences; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BENZAMIDINE; ISOPROTEIN; LEUPEPTIN; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRASSHOPPER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; GRASSHOPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0033958060     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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