Expression of equine interleukin-18 by baculovirus expression system and its biologic activity

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 471-476

  Wu, Donglai ^a,b   Murakami, Kenji ^a   Liu, Nihong ^a,b   Konishi, Misako ^a   Muneta, Yoshihiro ^a   Inumaru, Shigeki ^a   Kokuho, Takehiro ^a   Sentsui, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Cytokine; Equine; Interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HORSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 3042798303     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03538.x     Document Type: Article

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