Molecular characterisation and structural analysis of an interferon homologue in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 943-952

  Casani, Daniela ^a   Randelli, Elisa ^a   Costantini, Susan ^b   Facchiano, Angelo M ^b   Zou, Jun ^c   Martin, Sam ^c   Secombes, Chris J ^c   Scapigliati, Giuseppe ^a   Buonocore, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D structure; Dicentrarchus labrax; Gene structure; IFN; Mx; Real time PCR; Sea bass

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; INTERFERON; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC STABILITY; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELEOST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BASS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FISH DISEASES; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERFERON TYPE I; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTRONS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRUS DISEASES;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; MAMMALIA; ORYZIINAE; SERRANIDAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 59349103965     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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