Glutamyl- but Not Aspartyl- Aminopeptidase Activity is Modified in Serum of N-Methyl Nitrosourea-induced Rat Mammary Tumours

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2 B, 2004, Pages 801-805

  Carrera, María Pilar ^a   Ramírez Expósito, María Jesus ^a   Valenzuela, María Teresa ^b   García, María Jesus ^a   Mayas, María Dolores ^a   Martínez Martos, José Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase A; Angiotensin; Breast cancer; N methyl nitrosourea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN III; ASPARTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; NITROSOUREA DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; METHYLNITROSOUREA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 2442571040     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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