Novel proteases: Common themes and surprising features

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 704-708

  Vandeputte Rutten, Lucy ^a   Gros, Piet ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0036909399     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00393-7     Document Type: Review

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