The woodchuck interferon-α system: Cloning, family description, and biologic activity

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 424-432

  Berraondo, Pedro ^a   García Navarro, Raquel ^a   González Aseguinolaza, Gloria ^a   Vales, África ^a   Blanco Urgoiti, Begoña ^a   Larrea, Esther ^a   Riezu Boj, José Ignacio ^a   Prieto, Jesús ^a   Ruiz, Juan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

2 5 oligoadenylate synthetase; Antiviral; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATITIS B; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS EXPRESSION; WOODCHUCK;

2',5'-OLIGOADENYLATE SYNTHETASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS, WOODCHUCK; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER; MARMOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUKARYOTA; MARMOTA MONAX; WOODCHUCK HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0036836515     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10221     Document Type: Article

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