Cloning of interleukin-4 delta2 splice variant (IL-4δ2) in chimpanzee and cynomolgus macaque: Phylogenetic analysis of δ2 splice variant appearance, and implications for the study of IL-4-driven immune processes

Immunogenetics

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 635-644

  Gautherot, Isabelle ^a   Burdin, Nicolas ^a   Seguin, Delphine ^a   Aujame, Luc ^a   Sodoyer, Régis ^a  

^a Research Department   (France)

Author keywords

Animal model; Interleukin 4; Non human primates; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Splice variant

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPH NODE; MACACA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MACACA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MAMMALIA; MARMOTA MONAX; MURIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SIMIAE; TROGLODYTES;

EID: 18744395268     PISSN: 00937711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-002-0510-4     Document Type: Article

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