Molecular Characterization of a Novel Cathepsin L in Macrobrachium nipponense and Its Function in Ovary Maturation

Cathepsin L genes, which belonged to cysteine proteases, were a series of multifunctional protease and played important roles in a lot of pathological and physiological processes. In this study, we analyzed the characteristics a cathepsin L (named Mn-CL2) in the female oriental river prawn, Macrobra...

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Main Authors: Sufei Jiang, Yiwei Xiong, Wenyi Zhang, Junpeng Zhu, Dan Cheng, Yongsheng Gong, Yan Wu, Hui Qiao, Hongtuo Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.816813/full