Molecular cloning and sequencing of the rat interleukin-12 p40 gene

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-73

  Khalife, Jamal ^a   Pierrot, Christine ^a   Cocude, Cécile ^a   Cêtre, Catherine ^a   Godin, Claude ^a   Capron, André ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

cDNA; Interleukin 12 p40; Promoter region; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 12;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031961497     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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