A splice variant of human ephrin-A4 encodes a soluble molecule that is secreted by activated human B lymphocytes

Blood

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 221-230

  Aasheim, Hans Christian ^a   Munthe, Else ^b   Funderud, Steinar ^b   Smeland, Erlend B ^b   Beiske, Klaus ^b   Logtenberg, Ton ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0033970865     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.1.221.001k01_221_230     Document Type: Article

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