Protease activity in fractionated blood cells of the vanadium accumulating ascidian Phallusia mammillata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-450

  Guerrieri, Nicoletta ^a   Scippa, Silvia ^b,c   Maietti, Maddalena ^b,c   De Vincentiis, Mario ^b,c   Cerletti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Blood cells; Proteases; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; VANADIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLOOD CELL; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

PHALLUSIA MAMMILLATA;

EID: 0034112988     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00163-X     Document Type: Article

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