Effect of storage temperatures on the stability of cytokines in cervical mucous

Cytokine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 176-179

  Panicker, Gitika ^a   Meadows, Kristi S ^a   Lee, Daisy R ^a   Nisenbaum, Rosane ^a   Unger, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical mucous; Cytokines; Luminex

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

CERVIX MUCUS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMANS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34247856013     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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