Pro-opiomelanocortin gene expression and protein processing in rat mononuclear leukocytes

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 47-56

  Lyons, Paul D ^a   Blalock, J Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

mRNA; POMC; Splenocytes; Western blots

Indexed keywords

PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SPLEEN CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN;

EID: 0030798985     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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