Extensive alternative splicing of interleukin-7 in malignant hematopoietic cells: Implication of distinct isoforms in modulating IL-7 activity

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 495-503

  Korte, Alexander ^a   Möricke, Anja ^a   Beyermann, Birgit ^a   Köchling, Joachim ^a   Taube, Tillmann ^a   Kebelmann Betzing, Christian ^a   Henze, Günter ^a   Seeger, Karlheinz ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECT; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KILLER CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 2442732585     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107999099313947     Document Type: Article

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