Two thymosin-repeated molecules with structural and functional diversity coexist in Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 867-876

  Gai, Yunchao ^a,b   Zhao, Jianmin ^a   Song, Linsheng ^a   Wang, Lingling ^a   Qiu, Limei ^a   Ning, Xuanxuan ^c   Zheng, Xiangdong ^a,b   Zhang, Yi ^a,b   Mu, Changkao ^a,b   Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Li, Ling ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Yantai Oceanic Environmental Monitoring Central Station of SOA   (China)

Author keywords

Eriocheir sinensis; mRNA temporal expression profile; MTT assay; Thymosin repeated protein (TRP); Tumor growth; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THYMOSIN REPEATED PROTEIN 1; THYMOSIN REPEATED PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; DOWN REGULATION; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WOUND HEALING;

ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTEBRATA; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 64149128101     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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