cDNA cloning of a mannose-binding lectin-associated serine protease (MASP) gene from hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri)

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 897-904

  Song, Liqiu ^a,c   Takamune, Kazufumi ^b   Sugawara, Yoshiaki ^a   Fujii, Tamotsu ^a  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement; Cyclostome; Hagfish; Lectin pathway; MASP; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEINASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; HAGFISH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE COMPONENTS; HAGFISHES; MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED SERINE PROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EPTATRETUS BURGERI; HAGFISH; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 25444505083     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.897     Document Type: Article

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