Construction and characterization of a mutant of single-chain urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator (Ser175-His187-mscu-PA)

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-30

  Xue, Yu Ming ^a   Zhu, Hui ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Liu, Jian Ning ^a   Ma, Zhong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intrinsic catalytic activity; Single chain urokinase type plasminogen activator; Site specific mutagenesis; Zymogen triad

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444368848     PISSN: 05829879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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