Sequence of interleukin-2 isolated from human placental poly A+ RNA: Possible role in maintenance of fetal allograft

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 180-186

  Chernicky, Cheryl L ^c   Tan, Huiqing ^a   Burfeind, Peter ^a   Ilan, Joseph ^b   Ilan, Judith ^a,b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal allograft; Interleukin 2; Placenta

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2;

ALLOGRAFT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030069867     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199602)43:2<180::AID-MRD7>3.3.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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