Molecular cloning, expression, bioinformatics analysis and bioactivity characterization of TNF13B (BAFF) gene in bat (Vespertilio superans Thomas)

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 433-440

  You, Fengtao ^a   Ren, Wenhua ^a   Hou, Huanhuan ^a   Pei, Lili ^a   He, Zhijuan ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B cell survival; BAFF; Bat (Vespertilio superans Thomas); MTT assay; RACE; Real time quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BAT; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CROSS REACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; B-CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CHIROPTERA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LYMPHOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLEEN;

EID: 84856698348     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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