Cloning and recombinant expression of a barred sand bass (Paralabrax nebulifer) cDNA. The encoded protein displays structural homology and immunological crossreactivity to human complement/cofactor related plasma proteins

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 407-416

  Zipfel, Peter F ^a   Kemper, Claudia ^a   Dahmen, Antje ^a   Gigli, Irma ^a,b  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barred sand bass; Factor H related proteins; Phylogeny of complement proteins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

OSTEICHTHYES; PARALABRAX NEBULIFER; PERCIFORMES; SUGARCANE RAMU STUNT DISEASE PHYTOPLASMA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0030292831     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(96)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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