The orphan granzymes of humans and mice

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 544-552

  Grossman, William J ^a   Revell, Paula A ^b   Lu, Zhi Hong ^b   Johnson, Hillary ^b   Bredemeyer, Andrew J ^b   Ley, Timothy J ^b  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN G; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; GRANZYME C; GRANZYME D; GRANZYME E; GRANZYME F; GRANZYME G; GRANZYME H; GRANZYME I; GRANZYME J; GRANZYME K; GRANZYME L; GRANZYME M; GRANZYME N; PORPHYRIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 19; CHROMOSOME 5; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GRANZYME A GENE; GRANZYME B GENE; GRANZYME C GENE; GRANZYME D GENE; GRANZYME E GENE; GRANZYME F GENE; GRANZYME G GENE; GRANZYME H GENE; GRANZYME I GENE; GRANZYME J GENE; GRANZYME K GENE; GRANZYME L GENE; GRANZYME M GENE; GRANZYME N GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0141853015     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(03)00099-2     Document Type: Review

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