Genomic organization, promoter characterization and expression analysis of the leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-2 gene in Epinephelus akaraa

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1041-1050

  Shi, Xiaofeng ^a   Zhang, Zhiwen ^a   Qu, Meng ^a   Ding, Shaoxiong ^a   Zheng, Leyun ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fisheries Research Institute of Fujian   (China)

Author keywords

Epinephelus akaraa; Genomic structure; LECT2; MRNA expression; Promoter analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPINEPHELUS; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; RATTUS; VERTEBRATA; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 84862822661     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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