Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily gene, TNF receptor superfamily gene and lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-α factor (LITAF) gene from Litopenaeus vannamei

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-50

  Wang, Pei Hui ^a   Wan, Ding Hui ^a   Pang, Li Ran ^a   Gu, Zhi Hua ^a   Qiu, Wei ^a   Weng, Shao Ping ^a   Yu, Xiao Qiang ^b   He, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Litopenaeus vannamei; LvLITAF; LvTNFRSF; LvTNFSF; TNF TNFR system; Vibrio alginolyticus; WSSV

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA FACTOR; LUCIFERASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRAIN S2; CELL TYPE; CHLAMYS FARRERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GILL; HEPATOPANCREAS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; LVLITAF GENE; LVTNFRSF GENE; LVTNFSF GENE; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; SHRIMP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TNFRSF GENE; TNFSF GENE; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; WHITE SPOT SYNDROME VIRUS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYS FARRERI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FUNGI; HOMO SAPIENS; INVERTEBRATA; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; MAMMALIA; MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SHRIMP WHITE SPOT SYNDROME VIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERTEBRATA; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 80052628272     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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