Secretory immune system of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos). Identification and expression of the genes encoding IgA and IgM heavy chains

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1063-1068

  Magor, Katharine E ^a,d   Warr, Gregory W ^b   Bando, Yuki ^a,e   Middleton, Darlene L ^b   Higgins, David A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duck; IgA; IgM; Secretory immunity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DUCK; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DUCKS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALPHA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031930388     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199803)28:03<1063::AID-IMMU1063>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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