Wallaby serum amyloid A protein: cDNA cloning, sequence and evolutionary analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-276

  Uhlar, C M ^a   Black, I L ^a   Shields, D C ^a   Brack, C M ^b   Schreiber, G ^b   Whitehead, A S ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029868927     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1996.d01-34.x     Document Type: Article

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