Characterization of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein and its role in the disease

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 407-412

  Nonoyama, Shigeaki ^a   Ochs, Hans D ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFILIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PLECKSTRIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN;

CYTOSKELETON; ECZEMA; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME;

EID: 0032146170     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80113-1     Document Type: Article

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