Purification and characterization of a 25 kDa cathepsin L-like protease from the hemocyte of coleopteran insect, Tenebrio molitor larvae

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 364-369

  Jang, Kyung Suk ^a   Cho, Mi Young ^a   Choi, Hye Won ^a   Lee, Kang Moon ^a   Kim, Mi Hee ^a   Lee, Young Un ^b   Kurata, Shoichiro ^c   Natori, Shunji ^c   Lee, Bok Luel ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease; Hemocyte; Insect; Metamorphosis; Plasma proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042991204     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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