Highly variable immune-response proteins (185/333) from the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus: Proteomic analysis identifies diversity within and between individuals

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2203-2212

  Dheilly, Nolwenn M ^a   Nair, Sham V ^a   Courtney Smith, L ^b   Raftos, David A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

185 333 PROTEIN; AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; SEA URCHIN; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 61449212918     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.07012766     Document Type: Article

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