Peptidases and Neuropeptide Processing

Content: 
Contributors to volume 23
Pages ix-xii

Preface
Pages xiii-xiv
A. Ian Smith

Methods in neurosciences
Pages xv-xvi

[1] Molecular strategies for identifying processing enzymes Original Research Article
Pages 3-15
Nabil G. Seidah

[2] In situ hybridization techniques to map processing enzymes Original Research Article
Pages 16-44
Martin K.-H. Schäfer, Robert Day

[3] Analysis of ontogeny of processing enzyme gene expression and regulation Original Research Article
Pages 45-64
Min Zheng, John E. Pintar

[4] Use of vaccinia virus vectors to study neuropeptide processing Original Research Article
Pages 65-93
Judy K. VanSlyke, Laurel Thomas, Gary Thomas

[5] Overexpression of neuropeptide precursors and processing enzymes Original Research Article
Pages 94-108
Iris Lindberg, Yi Zhou

[6] Use of antisense RNA to block peptide-processing enzyme expression Original Research Article
Pages 109-121
Richard E. Mains

[7] Combination of high-performance liquid chromatography and radioimmunoassay for characterization of peptide-processing pathways Original Research Article
Pages 125-139
A. Ian Smith, Rebecca A. Lew

[8] Development and use of two-site immunometric assays for examining peptide-processing pathways Original Research Article
Pages 140-154
Steven R. Crosby

[9] Methods for identification of neuropeptide-processing pathways Original Research Article
Pages 155-194
Paul Cohen, Mohamed Rholam, Hamadi Boussetta

[10] Immunological and related techniques for studying neurohypophyseal peptide-processing pathways Original Research Article
Pages 195-207
Harold Gainer, Mark O. Lively, Mariana Morris

[11] Approaches to assessing ontogeny of processing enzymes Original Research Article
Pages 208-218
Richard G. Allen, Julianne Stack

[12] Measurement, distribution, and subcellular localization of peptide-amidating activity Original Research Article
Pages 219-236
Rebecca A. Lew, A. Ian Smith

[13] Methods for studying carboxypeptidase E Original Research Article
Pages 237-250
Lloyd D. Fricker

[14] Characterization of endothelin-converting enzymes Original Research Article
Pages 251-265
Terry J. Opgenorth, Jinshyun R. Wu-Wong, Sadao Kimura

[15] In Vivo Approaches for studying peptide processing Original Research Article
Pages 266-277
Arthur Shulkes

[16] Identification and characterization of central nervous system peptidase activities Original Research Article
Pages 281-295
John R. McDermott, Alison M. Gibson

[17] Strategies for characterizing, cloning, and expressing soluble endopeptidases Original Research Article
Pages 296-316
Marc J. Glucksman, James L. Roberts

[18] Proteolytic processing of amyloid protein precursor of Alzheimer\'s disease Original Research Article
Pages 317-327
D.H. Small, G. Reed, S.J. Fuller, C.L. Masters, A. Weidemann, K. Beyreuther

[19] Strategies for measurement of angiotensin and bradykinin peptides and their metabolites in central nervous system and other tissues Original Research Article
Pages 328-343
Duncan J. Campbell, Athena Kladis, Ann-Maree Duncan, Anne C. Lawrence

[20] Distribution and roles of endopeptidase 24.11 Original Research Article
Pages 344-362
Anthony J. Turner, Kay Barnes

[21] Identification and distribution of endopeptidase 24.16 in central nervous system Original Research Article
Pages 363-382
F. Checler, P. Dauch, H. Barelli, B. Vincent, J.P. Vincent, V. Dive, Y. Masuo

[22] Autoradiographic techniques to map angiotensin-converting enzyme in brain and other tissues Original Research Article
Pages 383-398,i-ii
Siew Yeen Chai, Frederick A.O. Mendelsohn

Index
Pages 399-407