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Biology of Serpins

  • 1st Edition, Volume 499 - July 18, 2011
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  • Editors: James Whisstock, Phillip Bird
  • Language: English

Serpins are a group of proteins with similar structures that were first identified as a set of proteins able to inhibit proteases. The acronym serpin was originally coined be… Read more

Serpins are a group of proteins with similar structures that were first identified as a set of proteins able to inhibit proteases. The acronym serpin was originally coined because many serpins inhibit chymotrypsin-like serine proteases. This volume of Methods in Ezymology is split into 2 parts and comprehensively covers the subject.

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