Neprilysin II: A putative novel metalloprotease and its isoforms in CNS and testis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 565-570

  Tanja, Ouimet ^a,b   Facchinetti, Patricia ^a   Rose, Christiane ^a   Bonhomme, Marie Chantal ^a   Gros, Claude ^a   Schwartz, Jean Charles ^a  

^a CENTRE PAUL BROCA   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cloning; Endothelin converting enzyme; Metalloprotease; NEP; NEPII; Neprilysin; Peptide metabolism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN CONVERTING ENZYME; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034685637     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2664     Document Type: Article

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