Characterization of human γ-tryptases, novel members of the chromosome 16p mast cell tryptase and prostasin gene families

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6566-6575

  Caughey, George H ^a,b   Raymond, Wilfred W ^a   Blount, John L ^a   Hau, Leola W T ^a   Pallaoro, Michele ^a   Wolters, Paul J ^a   Verghese, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRYPTASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 16P; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAST CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034659960     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.12.6566     Document Type: Article

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