A fluorimetric method for the determination of pepsin activity

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-14

  Da Silva Gomes, Roseli Aparecida ^a   Pedutti Batista, Rodrigo ^a   De Almeida, Andréia Costa ^a   Da Fonseca, Daurin Narciso ^a   Juliano, Luis ^b   Hial, Valdemar ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; Gastric juice; Gastricsin; Pepsin; Synthetic substrate

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYSIS;

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; GASTRIC JUICE; GASTRICSIN; PEPSIN; SYNTHETIC SUBSTRATES;

PURIFICATION;

1,2 AMINOBENZOYLLYSYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLGLUTAMYLPHENYLALANYLPHENYLALANYLARGINYLLEUCYLETH YLENEDIAMINE 2,4 DINITROPHENYL; 1,2 AMINOBENZYL; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE 2,4 DINITROPHENYL; GASTRICSIN; PEPSIN A; PEPSTATIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH JUICE;

EID: 0037402901     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2697(03)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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