Cloning, sequence analysis and evolutionary conservation of a full-length cDNA encoding cyclophilin A from red stingray Dasyatis akajei

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-366

  Tu, Hongbin ^a   Yang, Wenli ^a   Jiang, Xiaoyu ^a   Chen, Huiping ^a   Xiong, Qian ^a   Wei, Jianwen ^a   Xu, Anlong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclophilin A; Dasyatis akajei; Evolutionary conservation

Indexed keywords

DASYATIS; DASYATIS AKAJEI;

EID: 0141483705     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-4648(02)00177-8     Document Type: Article

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