Characterization and expression analyses of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2-like genes NR-13, Mcl-1, Bcl-X1, and Bcl-X2 in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 763-784

  Feng, Charles Y ^a   Rise, Matthew L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 like; Gene expression; Immune response

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS REPRESSOR WITH CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOPLASMIC POLYADENYLATION ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; ONCOPROTEIN; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN BCL X1; PROTEIN BCL X2; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN NR 13; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BINDING SITE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GILL; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRON; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PYLORUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-X PROTEIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXONS; FISH PROTEINS; GADUS MORHUA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; GADUS MORHUA; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72949121242     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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