Cloning and sequencing of badger (Meles meles) interferon γ and its detection in badger lymphocytes

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 19-30

  Dalley, D J ^a   Hogarth, P J ^a   Hughes, S ^a   Hewinson, R G ^a   Chambers, M A ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Cytokine; Diagnosis; Dog; Mycobacterium bovis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOKINE; DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RABBIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TUBERCULOSIS, BOVINE; VACCINES, DNA;

BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 3142612996     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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