Crystal structure of zebrafish interferons I and II reveals conservation of type I interferon structure in vertebrates

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 8181-8187

  Hamming, Ole Jensen ^a   Lutfalla, Georges ^b,c   Levraud, Jean Pierre ^b,d   Hartmann, Rune ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; LAMBDA INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79961186974     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00521-11     Document Type: Article

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