Molecular cloning, genomic organization and functional analysis of an anti-lipopolysaccharide factor from Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 784-794

  Li, Chenghua ^a,b   Zhao, Jianmin ^a   Song, Linsheng ^a   Mu, Changkao ^a   Zhang, Huan ^a   Gai, Yunchao ^a   Qiu, Limei ^a   Yu, Yundong ^a   Ni, Duojiao ^a   Xing, Kezhi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^c TIANJIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti lipopolysaccharide factor; Bactericidal activity; Eriocheir sinensis; Northern blot; Quantitative real time PCR; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ANTILIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE FACTOR; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD CELL; CRAB; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 40849102917     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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