Epidermal collagenase activity and its induction by 20-hydroxyecdysone in the fiddler crab Uca pugilator

The epidermal collagenase activity and its induction by 20-hydroxyecdysone in Uca pugilator were investigated. Zymographic electrophoresis showed four bands of collagenase activity, 16, 19, 22 and 29 kDa in molecular weight, with the former two accounting for 60% and 36%, respectively, of the total...

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Main Author: Erin A. TOUPS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2009-02-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11111