Production of a biologically active human interleukin 18 requires its prior synthesis as pro-IL-18

Cytokine

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1519-1525

  Liu, Bianling ^a   Novick, Daniela ^a   Kim, Soo Hyun ^a   Rubinstein, Menachem ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caspase 1; Factor Xa; Interleukin 18; Pro interleukin

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 18;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME DENATURATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033785504     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2000.0749     Document Type: Article

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