A cytokine-inducing hemagglutinin from small taros

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 823-830

  Chan, Yau Sang ^a   Wong, Jack Ho ^a   Ng, Tzi Bun ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cytokine induction; Hemagglutinin; Isolation; Small taro

Indexed keywords

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; MURINAE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYTOKINE; HEMAGGLUTININ;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; COLOCASIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HEPG2 CELL LINE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COLOCASIA; CYTOKINES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEMAGGLUTININS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954754932     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986610791306742     Document Type: Article

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