Knock-down of cathepsin D affects the retinal pigment epithelium, impairs swim-bladder ontogenesis and causes premature death in zebrafish.

The lysosomal aspartic protease Cathepsin D (CD) is ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic organisms. CD activity is essential to accomplish the acid-dependent extensive or partial proteolysis of protein substrates within endosomal and lysosomal compartments therein delivered via endocytosis, phagocyt...

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發表在:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Carlo Follo, Matteo Ozzano, Vera Mugoni, Roberta Castino, Massimo Santoro, Ciro Isidoro
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語言:英语
出版: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
在線閱讀:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0021908&type=printable