title: Chicken pepsin and the other avian aspartic proteinases.
abstract: The results of studies on chicken pepsinogen and pepsin from the adult animals and from chicken embryos are presented and some of the problems are discussed. A brief summary of other investigations on aspartic and acid proteinases of birds is given and the possible future trends of research in this field are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Science, Prague.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kostka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D010434:Pepsin A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D010434:Pepsin A