A serine proteinase inhibitor from frog eggs with bacteriostatic activity

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-62

  Han, Yaoping ^a,b   Yu, Haining ^a   Yang, Xinbo ^b   Rees, Huw H ^c   Liu, Jingze ^a   Lai, Ren ^b  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Defensive; Egg; Rana grahami; Serine proteinase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; RANASERPIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SUBTILISIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RANA GRAHAMI;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; RANA GRAHAMI;

EID: 36849093429     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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