In search of the origin of FREPs: Characterization of Aplysia californica fibrinogen-related proteins

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-473

  Gorbushin, A M ^a   Panchin, Y V ^b,c   Iakovleva, N V ^a  

^a SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Heterobranchia; Innate immunity; Lectins; Lottia gigantea; Mollusca; Phylogeny; Retrogenes; Retrotransposition; Somatic mutations

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBRINOGEN RELATED PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN RELATED PROTEIN 1; FIBRINOGEN RELATED PROTEIN 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GASTROPOD; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRON; LOTTIA GIGANTEA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANASPIDEA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; DOCOGLOSSA; GASTROPODA; HETEROBRANCHIA; LOTTIA GIGANTEA; MOLLUSCA; PULMONATA;

EID: 74449089282     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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