Identification and characterization of an interleukin-15 homologue from Tetraodon nigroviridis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-343

  Fang, Wei ^a   Xiang, Li Xin ^a   Shao, Jian Zhong ^a   Wen, Yi ^a   Chen, Shu Yun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Cytokine; Gene cloning; IL 15; Teleost; Tetraodon nigroviridis; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; INTERLEUKIN 15; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHROMOSOME; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FOWL; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELEOST; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODON; TETRAODON NIGROVIRIDIS; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33344476869     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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