The immunoregulatory mediator macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) catalyzes a tautomerization reaction

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-149

  Rosengren, Evald ^a   Bucala, Richard ^b   Åman, Pierre ^a   Jacobsson, Lars ^a   Odh, Gerd ^a   Metz, Christine N ^b   Rorsman, Hans ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PICOWER INST FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 INDOLECARBOXYLIC ACID; DOPACHROME; DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; ISOMERISM; LENS; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION; MEDIATOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 0029669190     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402210     Document Type: Article

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