Molecular cloning, expression and functional analysis of interleukin-8 (IL-8) in South African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Cui, Xianwei ^a   Han, Yangyang ^a   Pan, Yangbin ^a   Xu, Xingzhou ^a   Ren, Wenhua ^a   Zhang, Shuangquan ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis assay; Homology; Interleukin 8 (IL 8); Molecular cloning; Phylogenetic analysis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CHEMOKINE; ARGININE; GLYCINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUCINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SUMO PROTEIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XIIL 8 GENE;

AMPHIBIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 80053334378     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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