Cloning and characterization of GITR ligand

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 564-569

  Kim, J D ^a   Choi, B K ^a   Bae, J S ^a   Lee, U H ^b   Han, I S ^a   Lee, H W ^a   Youn, B S ^c   Vinay, D S ^d   Kwon, B S ^a,d  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Immunomics Inc   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell surface molecules; Dendritic cells; Rodent; Suppression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DENDRITIC CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; LUCIFERASES; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NF-KAPPA B; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPRESSOR FACTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS;

MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 1642338649     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364026     Document Type: Article

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