Compartmental localization of complement component transcripts in the normal human kidney

Nephron

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-22

  Song, D ^a   Zhou, W ^a   Sheerin, S H ^a   Sacks, S H ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complement; Complement component transcripts; Gene expression; Localization; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT FACTOR D; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; PROPERDIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031973684     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000044876     Document Type: Article

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