Proteases in Health and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chakraborti, Sajal (Editor), Dhalla, Naranjan S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease ; 7
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Proteomics.; Cell biology.; Cell physiology.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.; Cell Physiology.

Proteases form one of the largest and most diverse families of enzymes known. Once considered primarily as “enzymes of digestion,” it is now clear that proteases are involved in every aspect of cellular function. Members of the diverse families of proteases act to promote cellular proteolysis found...