Cloning, expression and bioactivity of duck BAFF

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1471-1476

  Guan, Zheng Bing ^a   Ye, Ji Lin ^a   Dan, Wen Bing ^a   Yao, Wen Juan ^a   Zhang, Shuang Quan ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B cell proliferation; B cell survival; cDNA cloning; Duck BAFF; In vitro expression; mRNA expression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DUCK; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DUCKS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748797964     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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