Molecular cloning of the β subunit of complement component eight of rainbow trout

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Kazantzi, Alexandra ^a   Sfyroera, Georgia ^a,b   Holland, M Claire H ^b   Lambris, John D ^b   Zarkadis, Ioannis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C8; Complement; Immunity; Innate; Lytic pathway; Membrane attack complexes; Teleost; Trout

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C8; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; LIVER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RAINBOW TROUT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MAMMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0037363660     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(02)00092-7     Document Type: Article

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