Molecular cloning and characterization of interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1), IRF-2 and IRF-5 in the chondrostean paddlefish Polyodon spathula and their phylogenetic importance in the Osteichthyes

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-84

  Xiaoni, Gan ^a,b,c   Zhuo, Chen ^b   Xuzhen, Wang ^b   Dengqiang, Wang ^b   Xinwen, Chen ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

IFN; Innate immunity; Phylogeny; Polyodon spathula; PsIRF 1; PsIRF 2; PsIRF 5

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 2; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 5;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TELEOST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION;

MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; POLYODON SPATHULA; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH); TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 80054919788     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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