MHC class I presentation and regulation by IFN in bony fish determined by molecular analysis of the class I locus in grass carp

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2209-2221

  Chen, Weihong ^a,b   Jia, Zhenghu ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Zhang, Nianzhi ^a   Lin, Changyou ^a   Gao, Feng ^b   Wang, Li ^a   Li, Xiaoying ^a   Jiang, Yinan ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Gao, George F ^b,c   Xia, Chun ^a,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; ALPHA INTERFERON; FISH PROTEIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARP; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RHABDOVIRUS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARPS; CELL LINE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RHABDOVIRIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 77956900048     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000347     Document Type: Article

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