Identification of a new isoform of human IL-12 p35 mRNA

European Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-444

  Johansson, U ^a,c   Cooke, S P ^b   Londei, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EXON; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P35; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 0036400223     PISSN: 09607420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2370.2002.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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