Orthopoxvirus Il-18 binding proteins: Affinities and antagonist activities

Virology

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-26

  Calderara, Silvio ^a   Xiang, Yan ^a   Moss, Bernard ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18 BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPOX VIRUS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ECTROMELIA VIRUS; HUMAN; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENE;

COWPOX VIRUS; MURINAE; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035915992     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0689     Document Type: Article

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