A murrel cysteine protease, cathepsin L: Bioinformatics characterization, gene expression and proteolytic activity

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 395-406

  Kumaresan, Venkatesh ^a   Bhatt, Prasanth ^a   Palanisamy, Rajesh ^a   Gnanam, Annie J ^b   Pasupuleti, Mukesh ^c   Arockiaraj, Jesu ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics analysis; Cathepsin L; Channa striatus; Enzyme activity; Epizootic ulcerative syndrome; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901982101     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-013-0326-8     Document Type: Article

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