A SELDI-TOF MS study of the genetic and post-translational molecular heterogeneity of eosinophil cationic protein

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1491-1500

  Eriksson, Jenny ^a,c   Woschnagg, Charlotte ^a   Fernvik, Eva ^b   Venge, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Bio Rad Laboratories   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eosinophil granulocyte; Gene polymorphism; Glycosylation; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SIALIC ACID; THREONINE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGLYCOSYLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EOSINOPHIL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CATTLE; CELL EXTRACTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 37249008093     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0507272     Document Type: Article

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