The interferon-τ genes of the giraffe, a nonbovid species

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 949-951

  Liu, Limin ^a   Leaman, Douglas W ^a,c   Roberts, R Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; RUMINANTIA;

EID: 0029801302     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.1996.16.949     Document Type: Article

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