Clusters of basic amino acids in midkine: Roles in neurite-promoting activity and plasminogen activator-enhancing activity

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1127-1136

  Akhter, Shamima ^a   Ichihara Tanaka, Keiko ^a   Kojima, Soichi ^b   Muramatsu, Hisako ^a   Inui, Tatsuya ^c   Kimura, Terutoshi ^c   Kaneda, Norio ^d   Talukder, Amjad H ^a   Kadomatsu, Kenji ^a   Inagaki, Fuyuhiko ^e   Muramatsu, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Peptide Institute Inc   (Japan)

^d MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth factor; Heparin; Midkine; Neurite outgrowth; Plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEPARIN BINDING PROTEIN; MIDKINE; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 17544405161     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022052     Document Type: Article

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