Cg-TGF-β, a TGF-β/activin homologue in the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas, is involved in immunity against Gram-negative microbial infection

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-38

  Lelong, C ^a   Badariotti, F ^a   Le Quere H ^a   Rodet, F ^a   Dubos, M P ^a   Favrel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Crassostrea gigas; Cytokine; Immunity; Mollusc; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CYTOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; INVERTEBRATA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MOLLUSCA; NEGIBACTERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749123282     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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