Cloning of rat brain interleukin-18 cDNA

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 362-366

  Culhane, A C ^a   Hall, M D ^b   Rothwell, N J ^a   Luheshi, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Caspase 1; Interferon gamma inducing factor; Interleukin 1; Interleukin 18; Interleukin 1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CLONING; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0031820520     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000389     Document Type: Article

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