The first BAFF gene cloned from the cartilaginous fish

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1088-1096

  Ren, Wenhua ^a   Pang, Shuying ^a   You, Fengtao ^a   Zhou, Lidan ^a   Zhang, Shuangquan ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BAFF; cDNA cloning; In vitro expression; White spotted catshark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRANCHIA; CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81255134288     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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