The presence of multiple and differentially regulated interleukin-12p40 genes in bony fishes signifies an expansion of the vertebrate heterodimeric cytokine family

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1519-1533

  Huising, Mark O ^a,b   Van Schijndel, Jessica E ^a   Kruiswijk, Corine P ^a   Nabuurs, Sander B ^b   Savelkoul, Huub F J ^a   Flik, Gert ^b   Lidy Verburg Van Kemenade, B M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative immunology; Cytokines; Evolution; Fish; IL 12

Indexed keywords

HETERODIMER; INTERLEUKIN 12P40;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CARP; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARPS; CYTOKINES; DIMERIZATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P35; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; MACROPHAGES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644501066     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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