Inactivity of recombinant ELA2B provides a new example of evolutionary elastase silencing in humans

Pancreatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Szepessy, Edit ^a   Sahin Tóth, Miklós ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANS 4 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrypsin; Gene duplication; Pancreatic elastase; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ANILIDE; BOVINE MILK PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DQ ELASTIN; ELASTASE; ELASTASE 2A; ELASTASE 2B; ELASTIN; GLUTAMYLALANYLALANYLPROLYLLEUCYL 4 NITROANILIDE; MILK PROTEIN; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; RECOMBINANT ELASTASE 2A; RECOMBINANT ELASTASE 2B; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; ELA1 GENE; ELA2 GENE; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITOR COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOGENE;

EID: 33646153277     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090031     Document Type: Article

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