Biologic activity of guinea pig IFN-γ in vitro

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-315

  Schäfer, Hubert ^a   Klippert, Katrin ^a   Meuer, Petra ^a   Borsdorf, Bettina ^a   Kiderlen, Albrecht F ^a   Burger, Reinhard ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; RABBIT ANTISERUM; RECOMBINANT CYTOKINE; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; GENES, REPORTER; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; VIRUS DISEASES;

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34249062001     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jir.2006.0108     Document Type: Article

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