Vitellogenin is an acute phase protein with bacterial-binding and inhibiting activities

Immunobiology

Volumn 215, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 898-902

  Tong, Zhou ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Pawar, Ravindra ^a   Zhang, Shicui ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Antibacterial activity; Danio rerio; Vitellogenin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; BETA ACTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; RNA TRANSLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 77957234963     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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