Catalytic and fibrinolytic properties of recombinant urokinase plasminogen activator from E. coli, mammalian, and yeast cells

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 461-467

  Wang, Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Jing ^a   Sun, Ziyong ^a,b   Chen, Yuhong ^a   Gurewich, Victor ^b   Liu, Jian ning ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycosylated; Plasminogen; Pro urokinase; Yeast

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT UROKINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROKINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0034527340     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(00)00349-2     Document Type: Article

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