Differential activity of cathepsin L in human placenta at two different stages of gestation

Placenta

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-64

  Divya, ^a   Chhikara, P ^a   Mahajan, V S ^a   Datta Gypta, S ^a   Chauhan, S S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOBENZYPHENYLARGINYLMETHYLCOUMARIN; CATHEPSIN L; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CATHEPSIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADULT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUCINE; PEPTIDES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0036363166     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2001.0748     Document Type: Article

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