Eosinophil cationic protein: Overview of biological and genetic features

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1442-1446

  De Oliveira, Paula Cristina Rabelo ^a   De Lima, Priscila Oliveira ^a   Oliveira, Denise Tostes ^b   Pereira, Michele Conceição ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE A;

AIRWAY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL KILLING; CHROMOSOME 14; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EOSINOPHIL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; MUCUS SECRETION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; HUMANS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84865758401     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2012.1729     Document Type: Review

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