Identification of single amino acid residues of human IL-6 involved in receptor binding and signal initiation

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 569-576

  Ehlers, Marc ^a   Grötzinger, Joachim ^b   Fischer, Martina ^a   Bos, Hanny Klaasse ^c   Brakenhoff, Just P J ^c   Rose John, Stefan ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0029794317     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.1996.16.569     Document Type: Article

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