The cathepsins contribute to life and death in the placenta

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 259-261

  Luft, Friedrich C ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 030; CA 074; CATHEPSIN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN L; CATHEPSIN Q; CLIK 148; CYSTATIN C; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; NS 134; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BONE METABOLISM; CANCER INVASION; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; LYSOSOME; METASTASIS; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645393700     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-006-0050-8     Document Type: Article

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