Drosophila serpin 4 functions as a neuroserpin-like inhibitor of subtilisin-like proprotein convertases

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5482-5491

  Osterwalder, Thomas ^a,b   Kuhnen, Angela ^a   Leiserson, William M ^a   Kim, You Seung ^a   Keshishian, Haig ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Ecdysis; Neuropeptide; Neurosecretion; Neuroserpin; Proprotein convertase; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

FURIN; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROSERPIN; PROTEIN SPN4.1; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERPIN 4; SUBTILISIN; SUBTILISIN LIKE PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXON; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ABNORMALITIES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FURIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MOLTING; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SERPINS;

EID: 3042639565     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5577-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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