Interferon regulatory factors 4 and 8 in rock bream, Oplegnathus fasciatus: Structural and expressional evidence for their antimicrobial role in teleosts

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 857-871

  Bathige, S D N K ^a   Whang, Ilson ^a   Umasuthan, Navaneethaiyer ^a   Lim, Bong Soo ^a   Park, Myoung Ae ^b   Kim, Eunmi ^c   Park, Hae Chul ^c   Lee, Jehee ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b National Fisheries and Research and Developmental Institute   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immune response; Interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4); Interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF8); Oplegnathus fasciatus; Putative promoter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; IRIDOVIRUS; OPLEGNATHUS FASCIATUS; ROCK BREAM IRIDOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84866753175     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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