The interferon system of non-mammalian vertebrates

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 499-508

  Schultz, Ursula ^a   Kaspers, Bernd ^b   Staeheli, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Evolution; Fish; Interferon alpha; Interferon beta; Interferon gamma; Non mammalian vertebrates; Sequence conservation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; CHICKEN INTERFERON GAMMA; DUCK INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMIDAZOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT INTERFERON; RESIQUIMOD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD; CELL PROTECTION; CHICKEN; FISH; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VERTEBRATE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842324554     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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