Characterisation and expression analysis of B-cell activating factor (BAFF) in spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias): Cartilaginous fish BAFF has a unique extra exon that may impact receptor binding

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 707-717

  Li, Ronggai ^a   Dooley, Helen ^b   Wang, Tiehui ^a   Secombes, Christopher J ^a   Bird, Steve ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BAFF; CDNA cloning; Gene organisation; Modulation of expression; Spiny dogfish; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CYSTEINE; FURIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POKEWEED MITOGEN; PROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BAFF GENE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOGFISH; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXON; GENE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; TELEOST; UPREGULATION;

AVES; CHONDRICHTHYES; MAMMALIA; SQUALIDAE; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84856416708     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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