Trypsin from Pacifastacus leniusculus hepatopancreas: Purification and cDNA cloning of the synthesized zymogen

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 499-501

  Hernández Cortés, Patricia ^a   Cerenius, Lage ^a   García Carreño, Fernando ^b   Söderhäll, Kenneth ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Crustacean; Protease evolution; Serine proteinases

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; CYSTEINE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN; TRYPSINOGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEA; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HEPATOPANCREAS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME PRECURSORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPSIN;

ASTACOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; PACIFASTACUS LENIUSCULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344758480     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.065     Document Type: Article

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