Regulation of IL-18 (IFN-γ-Inducing Factor) Gene Expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 6156-6163

  Tone, Masahide ^a   Thompson, Sara A J ^a   Tone, Yukiko ^a   Fairchild, Paul J ^a   Waldmann, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASPASE 1; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOKINES; EMBRYO; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031573558     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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