Frog albumin is expressed in skin and characterized as a novel potent trypsin inhibitor

Protein Science

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2469-2477

  Zhang, Ying Xia ^a,b   Lai, Ren ^a   Lee, Wen Hui ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Albumin; Amphibian; Frog; Haem; Skin; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEME; THROMBIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DERMIS; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA LIBRARY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROG; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANURA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISULFIDES; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SKIN; TRYPSIN; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA MAXIMA; BOVINAE;

EID: 24344476989     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.051551105     Document Type: Article

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