δ tryptase is expressed in multiple human tissues, and a recombinant form has proteolytic activity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5145-5152

  Wang, Hong Wei ^a   McNeil, H Patrick ^a   Husain, Ahsan ^a   Liu, Ke ^a   Tedla, Nicodemus ^a   Thomas, Paul S ^a   Raftery, Mark ^a   King, Garry C ^a   Cai, Zhao Yan ^a   Hunt, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA TRYPTASE; DEXTRO ISOLEUCYLPHENYLALANYLLYSYLPEPTIDONUCLEIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL CELL; COLON; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SKIN; SPLEEN; STOMACH; SYNOVIUM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0036839437     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.9.5145     Document Type: Article

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