Expressed sequence identification and characterization of the cDNA for Interleukin-4 from the mitogen-stimulated lymphoid tissue of a marsupial, Macropus eugenii

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 335-340

  Young, Lauren ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Interleukin 4; Macropus eugenii; Marsupial; Wallaby

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BAT; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; ELEPHANT; FROG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYADENYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TH2 CELL;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TH2 CELLS;

DIDELPHIDAE; MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952191383     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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