Bovine stem cell factor: Production of a biologically active protein and mRNA analysis in cattle infected with Trypanosoma congolense

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 65-78

  Mertens, Bea ^a   Muriuki, Cecilia ^a   Muiya, Paul ^a   Andrianarivo, Aurelie ^b   Mwangi, Simon ^a   Logan Henfrey, Linda ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Histidine tag; RT PCR; SCF; Stem cell factor; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BURST FORMING UNIT E; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT E; COLONY FORMING UNIT GM; GROWTH REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPH NODE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN-3; LYMPH NODES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0031556377     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(97)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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