Histidines are critical for heparin-dependent activation of mast cell tryptase

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1868-1875

  Hallgren, Jenny ^a   Bäckström, Stefan ^c   Estrada, Sergio ^a   Thuveson, Maria ^b   Pejler, Gunnar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HISTIDINE; PROTEOGLYCAN; TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SECRETORY GRANULE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 3242751809     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.3.1868     Document Type: Article

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