Molecular cloning, expression pattern, and 3D structural analysis of the MHC class IIB gene in the Chinese longsnout catfish (Leiocassis longirostris)

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 33-45

  Shen, Tong ^a   Xu, Shixia ^a   Yang, Mei ^a   Pang, Shuying ^a   Yang, Guang ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese longsnout catfish; Cloning; Expression; MHC class IIB; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CD4 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2 BETA; PLASMID DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEIOCASSIS LONGIROSTRIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2B GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATFISHES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, MHC CLASS II; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

LEIOCASSIS LONGIROSTRIS; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953315944     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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