Structural requirements for agonist activity of a murine interferon-γ peptide

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 813-817

  Szente, B E ^a,c   Weiner, I J ^a   Jablonsky, M J ^b   Krishna, N R ^b   Torres, B A ^a   Johnson, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; POLYCATION; PROLINE;

AGONIST; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0029959155     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.1996.16.813     Document Type: Article

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