Cloning the Human Gene for Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF)

Genomics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 48-51

  Paralkar, Vishwas ^a   Wistow, Graeme ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRON; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, STRUCTURAL; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0027972744     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1994.1011     Document Type: Article

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