Identification and characterization of Fugu orthologues of mammalian interleukin-12 subunits

Immunogenetics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 296-306

  Yoshiura, Yasutoshi ^a   Kiryu, Ikunari ^a   Fujiwara, Atsushi ^a   Suetake, Hiroaki ^a   Suzuki, Yuzuru ^b   Nakanishi, Teruyuki ^c   Ototake, Mitsuru ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative immunology; Cytokine; Fugu; IL 12; Synteny

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; PROTEIN P35; PROTEIN P40; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH GENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; INTRON; KIDNEY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUFFER FISH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P35; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAKIFUGU;

MAMMALIA; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042831180     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-003-0582-9     Document Type: Article

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