Mouse eosinophil-associated ribonucleases: A unique subfamily expressed during hematopoiesis

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 352-361

  Cormier, Stephania A ^a   Larson, Kirsten A ^a,c   Yuan, Shubing ^a   Mitchell, Trella L ^a,b   Lindenberger, Kari ^a   Carrigan, Patricia ^a   Lee, Nancy A ^a,b   Lee, James J ^a,b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TARGET CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EOSINOPHILS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; LUNG; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0035014556     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003350020007     Document Type: Article

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