Molecular cloning and characterization of a thioester-containing protein from Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3492-3500

  Zhang, Huan ^a,b   Song, Linsheng ^a   Li, Chenghua ^a,b   Zhao, Jianmin ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Gao, Qiang ^a,b   Xu, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chlamys farreri; Complement evolution; Gene cloning; RT PCR; Thioester containing protein

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THIOESTER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONAD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LIVER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLLUSC; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; POLYADENYLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCALLOP; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTINIDAE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYS FARRERI; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 34248582388     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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