Genes for three different isoforms of transforming growth factor-β are present in plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) DNA

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-271

  Laing, K J ^a   Cunningham, C ^b   Secombes, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Gene; Plaice; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOUNDER; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; FLOUNDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0034169896     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.1999.0255     Document Type: Article

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