Molecular cloning and phylogenetic analysis on α2-macroglobulin (α2-M) of white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-329

  Lin, Yong Chin ^a   Vaseeharan, Baskaralingam ^a   Chen, Jiann Chu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Litopenaeus vannamei; Moulting stage; 2 Macroglobulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; THIOESTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PENAEUS MONODON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHRIMP; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; PENAEUS MONODON;

EID: 37349103963     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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