Expression of tocopherol-associated protein in mast cells

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1189-1191

  Ikeda, Teruo ^a   Murakami, Masaru ^a   Funaba, Masayuki ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HISTAMINE; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; TOCOPHEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL METABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RABBIT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; LIPOPROTEINS; MAST CELLS; MICE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 9144227566     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.6.1189-1191.2004     Document Type: Article

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