Characterization of a serine protease that cleaves pro-γ-melanotropin at the adrenal to stimulate growth

Cell

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 903-912

  Bicknell, Andrew B ^a   Lomthaisong, Khomsorn ^a   Woods, Russell J ^a   Hutchinson, E Gail ^a   Bennett, Hugh P J ^b   Gladwell, Richard T ^a   Lowry, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; CORTICOTROPIN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GROWTH STIMULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035967874     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00403-2     Document Type: Article

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