IFN-γ in turtle: Conservation in sequence and signalling and role in inhibiting iridovirus replication in chinese soft-shelled turtle pelodiscus sinensis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-95

  Fu, Jian Ping ^a,b   Chen, Shan Nan ^a   Zou, Peng Fei ^a   Huang, Bei ^c   Guo, Zheng ^a   Zeng, Ling Bing ^d   Qin, Qi Wei ^e   Nie, Pin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antiviral activity; IFN ; IFN stimulated gene; Iridovirus; Turtle

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 7; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE; STAT1 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; IFN GAMMA GENE; INTESTINE; IRF1 GENE; IRF7 GENE; IRIDOVIRUS; LEUKOCYTE; MX GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PKR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 GENE; THYMUS; TURTLE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INHIBITION; CYTOTOXICITY; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

IRIDOVIRUS; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; IFN-Γ; IFN-Γ STIMULATED GENE; IRIDOVIRUS; TURTLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTESTINES; IRIDOVIRUS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLY I-C; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSGENES; TURTLES; UP-REGULATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84888336873     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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