Development and characterisation of an assay for furin activity

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 364, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 101-108

  Bourne, Gemma L ^a   Grainger, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assay; Furin; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

FURIN; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL LYSATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANOXIA; ANTIBODIES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL EXTRACTS; FURIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 78650827011     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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