Sex-limited protein: In vitro and in vivo functions

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 395-400

  Bhurskens, F J M ^a   Kuenen, J D M ^a   Hofhuis, F ^b   Fluit, A C ^a   Robins, D M ^c   Van Dijk, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complement; Lupus; Mouse; Slp; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT C4; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY ASSAY; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NZB; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 0033066757     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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