Inactivation of C3a and C5a octapeptides by carboxypeptidase R and carboxypeptidase N

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-134

  Campbell, William D ^a   Lazoura, Eliada ^b   Okada, Noriko ^b   Okada, Hidechika ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaphylatoxin; Carboxypeptidase; Complement; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLATOXIN; ARGININE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE B; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE R; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; OCTAPEPTIDE; PLASMIN; THROMBIN; THROMBIN ACTIVATABLE FIBRINOLYSIS INHIBITOR; THROMBOMODULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 0036191244     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02669.x     Document Type: Article

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