The genomic structure, alternative splicing and immune response of Chlamys farreri thioester-containing protein

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1070-1076

  Zhang, Huan ^a,b   Wang, Lingling ^a   Song, Linsheng ^a   Zhao, Jianmin ^a   Qiu, Limei ^a   Gao, Yang ^a,b   Song, Xiaoyan ^a   Li, Ling ^a,b   Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Chlamys farreri; Gene structure; Immune response; Nonsense mediated decay (NMD); Thioester containing protein (TEP)

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; THIOESTER CONTAINING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRON; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MALE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALLOP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYS FARRERI; CIONA; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 67650220906     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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