Comparative study of the binding pockets of mammalian proprotein convertases and its implications for the design of specific small molecule inhibitors

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Tian, Sun ^a,b   Jianhua, Wu ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Institute of Biomechanics   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution of gene family; Mammalian proprotein convertases; Small molecular inhibitor; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77649083093     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.6.89     Document Type: Article

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