Urochordates carry multiple genes for goose-type lysozyme and no genes for chicken- or invertebrate-type lysozymes

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2210-2218

  Nilsen, I W ^a   Myrnes, B ^a   Edvardsen, R B ^b   Chourrout, D ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Sars Ctr for Mar Molecular Biology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Goose type; Innate immunity; Lysozyme; Urochordate

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; GEESE; INVERTEBRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ANSER SP.; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242288826     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3252-z     Document Type: Article

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