The complement system in teleost fish: Progress of post-homolog-hunting researches

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1296-1308

  Nakao, Miki ^a   Tsujikura, Masakazu ^a   Ichiki, Satoko ^a   Vo, Tam K ^a   Somamoto, Tomonori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement; Diversity; Expression; Homologue hunting; Isotype; Ontogeny; Response; Review; Teleost

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENOMICS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORTHOLOGY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELEOST; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 83355169786     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.03.003     Document Type: Review

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