Presence of angiotensin converting enzyme isoforms in larval lepidoptera (Spodoptera littoralis)

Peptides

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-126

  Lemeire, E ^a,b   Van Camp, J ^b   Smagghe, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Faculty of Bioscience Engineering   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ACE activity; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Isoform; Lepidoptera; Tissue

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 3; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ISOENZYME; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAD; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONE METABOLISM; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CAPTOPRIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SPODOPTERA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 33845602582     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2006.08.031     Document Type: Article

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