The importance of differentiating gelsolin isoforms [5]

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 685-

  Lee, Po Shun ^a   Waxman, Aaron ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOKINE; GELSOLIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ISOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASTHMA; CELL DAMAGE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; EPITHELIUM; GELSOLIN; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644840652     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.173.6.685     Document Type: Letter

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