Molecular and functional characterization of IL-15 in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss: A potent inducer of IFN-γ expression in spleen leukocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1475-1488

  Wang, Tiehui ^a   Holland, Jason W ^a   Carrington, Allison ^a   Zou, Jun ^a   Secombes, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE 4 PHOSPHATASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN BCL 10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE LOCATION; INTRON; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAINBOW TROUT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-15; LEUKOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPLEEN;

EID: 34548656848     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.3.1475     Document Type: Article

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