Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of dog interleukin-18

Immunogenetics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 541-543

  Argyle, David J ^a   McGillivery, Christine ^a   Nicolson, Lesley ^a   Onions, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canine; Cloning; Cytokine; Immunomodulation; Interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CLONING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DOG; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOGS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032900081     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002510050532     Document Type: Article

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