Cloning and Expression of the Chicken Interferon-γ Gene

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 939-945

  Digby, Matthew R ^a,b   Lowenthal, John W ^a  

^a CSIRO LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRITE; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0028865603     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: 15577465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.1995.15.939     Document Type: Article

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