A novel cysteine protease inhibitor with lectin activity from the epidermis of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-109

  Saitoh, Eiichi ^a   Isemura, Satoko ^a   Chiba, Akira ^a   Oka, Shunya ^a   Odani, Shoji ^b  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AJL 2; Cysteine protease inhibitor; Cysteine proteases of papain family; Defensive factor at the eel body surface; Eel skin lectin; Eel CPI 1; Japanese eel Anguilla japonica; Nonspecific defense mechanism; Skin extract of the eel

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; FICIN; LACTOSE; LECTIN; PAPAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG ISOLATION; EEL; EPIDERMIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 16244409236     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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