Evolution of interleukin-1β

Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 483-502

  Bird, Steve ^a   Zou, Jun ^a   Wang, Tiehui ^a   Munday, Barry ^b   Cunningham, Charlie ^c   Secombes, Chris J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Comparative immunology; Gene evolution; ICE cut site; Interleukin 1; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; BIRD; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CYTOKINES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-18; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036888878     PISSN: 13596101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-6101(02)00028-X     Document Type: Review

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