Cloning, expression and bioactivity of BAFF from Petaurus breviceps

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 332-336

  Ren, Wen Hua ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Zhang, Shuang Quan ^a   Yang, Guang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B cell survival; BAFF; CDNA cloning; In vitro expression; Petaurus breviceps

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; FURIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GLYCOSYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PETAURUS BREVICEPS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MARSUPIALIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PETAURUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 77956268007     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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