Use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for specificity studies of biomedically important proteases

Spectroscopy

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 161-170

  Siigur, Jüri ^a   Trummal, Katrin ^a   Tõnismägi, Külli ^a   Samel, Mari ^a   Siigur, Ene ^a   Vija, Heikki ^a   Tammiste, Indrek ^a   Subbi, Juhan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COAGULATION; DRUG THERAPY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS;

SNAKE VENOMS;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BRADYKININ; ENZYME; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; INSULIN; LEBETASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PEPTIDE; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED ALPHA2 GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; SUBSTANCE P; THROMBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOMBIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0036968509     PISSN: 07124813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/204307     Document Type: Article

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