Forty years of interferon

Acta Virologica

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 349-353

  Kontsek, P ^a   Kontsekova E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Definition; Evolution; Interferon; Nomenclature; Physiological role

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERFERON;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EVOLUTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0031423577     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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