Two mannose-binding lectin homologues and an MBL-associated serine protease are expressed in the gut epithelia of the urochordate species Ciona intestinalis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-68

  Skjoedt, Mikkel Ole ^a,b   Palarasah, Yaseelan ^a   Rasmussen, Karina ^a   Vitved, Lars ^a   Salomonsen, Jan ^b   Kliem, Anette ^a   Hansen, Soren ^a   Koch, Claus ^a   Skjodt, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Collectins; Complement; Lectin pathway; Mannose binding lectin; MBL associated serine proteases; Urochordate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; COLLAGEN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH; VERTEBRATE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349978299     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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