Interleukin-2 and concanavalin a upregulate a cat2 isoform encoding a high affinity l-arginine transporter in feline lymphocytes

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-191

  Stevens, Bruce R ^a   Tellier, Marinka ^a   Harvey, William ^a   Feldman, Daniel H ^a   Bosworth, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CONCANAVALIN A; INTERLEUKIN 2; ISOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CATS; CONCANAVALIN A; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0034218901     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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