Prohormone convertase PC4 processes the precursor of PACAP in the testis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 921, Issue , 2000, Pages 333-339

  Li, Min ^a,b   Mbikay, Majambu ^c   Nakayama, Kazuhisa ^d   Miyata, Atsuro ^a   Arimura, Akira ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034515186     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06988.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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