Molecular cloning and characterisation of a proteinase inhibitor, alpha 2-macroglobulin (α2-M) from the haemocytes of tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1065-1074

  Lin, Yong Chin ^a   Vaseeharan, Baskaralingam ^a   Ko, Chi Fong ^a   Chiou, Tzu Ting ^a   Chen, Jiann Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 macroglobulin; Bait region; Innate immunity; Penaeus monodon; Peptidoglycan; Protease inhibitor; Thioester containing protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; THIOESTER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GILL; HEPATOPANCREAS; INTESTINE; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHRIMP; VERTEBRATE;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HEMOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENAEIDAE; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

ARTHROPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; MEROSTOMATA; PENAEUS MONODON; SCYLLA SERRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748758437     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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