Turkey and chicken interleukin-2 cross-react in in vitro proliferation assays despite limited amino acid sequence identity

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-170

  Lawson, Shelly ^a   Rothwell, Lisa ^a   Kaiser, Pete ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (BIRD);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INTERLEUKIN-2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0034001750     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107999000312568     Document Type: Article

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