Identification of defensins in human lymphocyte nuclei

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 312-318

  Blomqvist, Maria ^a   Bergquist, Jonas ^a   Westman, Ann ^a   Håkansson, Kristina ^b   Håkansson, Per ^b   Fredman, Pam ^a   Ekman, Rolf ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Defensin; Electrospray ionisation fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry; Electrospray ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry; Lymphocyte; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LYMPHOCYTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEFENSINS; ENDOTHELIN-1; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 0033565725     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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