Molecular cloning of the pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes) Mx gene and functional characterization of its promoter

Immunogenetics

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 705-713

  Yap, Wai Ho ^a   Tay, Alice ^a   Brenner, Sydney ^a   Venkatesh, Byrappa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Fugu; Interferon; Mx; Promoter

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; DYNAMIN; INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDOSOME; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; INTERFERON RESPONSE ELEMENT; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUFFER FISH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELEOST; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; SALMONIDAE; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037275632     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-002-0525-x     Document Type: Article

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