Structure and immune expression analysis of hemoglobin genes from the blood clam tegillarca granosa

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3110-3123

  Bao, Y B ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Guo, X M ^b   Lin, Z H ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG WANLI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene structure; Hemoglobins; Immune response; qRT PCR; Tegillarca granosa

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN I; HEMOGLOBIN IIA; HEMOGLOBIN IIB; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CLAM; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HBI GENE; HBIIA GENE; HBIIB GENE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; TEGILLARCA GRANOSA; UPREGULATION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCIDAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOGLOBINS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84882979383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2013.February.28.5     Document Type: Article

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