Polygenic control of the expression of biological activities of an antitumor polysaccharide, lentinan

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 1997, Pages 469-472

  Maeda, Yukiko Y ^a   Takahama, Sumiyo ^a   Kohara, Yuki ^a   Yonekawa, Hiromichi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Antitumor polysaccharide; Lentinan; Linkage analysis; VDH

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LENTINAN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 6; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEMORRHAGE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LENTINAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VASODILATION;

EID: 0031224883     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(97)00082-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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