Purification and characterization of the soluble interleukin-6 receptor from human plasma and identification of an isoform generated through alternative splicing

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 837-842

  Müller Newen, Gerhard ^a   Köhne, Christian ^a   Keul, Radovan ^a   Hemmann, Ulrike ^a   Müller Esterl, Werner ^b   Wijdenes, John ^c   Brakenhoff, Just P J ^d   Hart, Margreet H L ^d   Heinrich, Peter C ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Innotherapie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alternative splicing; human plasma; interleukin 6 receptor; purification; soluble receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0029932769     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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