Structural but not functional conservation of an immune molecule: A tachylectin-like gene in Hydractinia

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-281

  Mali, Brahim ^a   Soza Ried, Jorge ^b   Frohme, Marcus ^b   Frank, Uri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hydractinia; In situ hybridization; Invertebrate immunity; Lectin; Neuron

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENE PRODUCT; LECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TACHYLECTIN RELATED PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBSERVATION; POLYP; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COELENTERATA; HYDRACTINIA; HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA; HYDROIDA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27644510737     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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