cDNA cloning, characterization and mRNA expression of a pacifastin light chain gene from the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 657-663

  Gai, Yunchao ^a,b   Wang, Lingling ^a   Song, Linsheng ^a   Zhao, Jianmin ^a   Qiu, Limei ^a   Wang, Bo ^a,b   Mu, Changkao ^a,b   Zheng, Peilin ^a,b   Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Li, Ling ^a,b   Xing, Kezhi ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TIANJIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eriocheir sinensis; mRNA expression; Pacifastin; Pacifastin light chain domain (PLD); Serine protease inhibitors (SPIs)

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM;

EID: 54849429111     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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