Cloning, expression and antiviral activity of IFNγ from the Australian fruit bat, Pteropus alecto

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 610-618

  Janardhana, Vijaya ^a   Tachedjian, Mary ^a   Crameri, Gary ^a   Cowled, Chris ^a   Wang, Lin Fa ^a,c   Baker, Michelle L ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Bats; Interferon gamma

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BARMAH FOREST VIRUS; BAT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; FOX; GENE EXPRESSION; HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROPUS ALECTO; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HENDRA VIRUS; MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS ALECTO; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 84855841880     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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