Cloning and expression analyses of interferon regulatory factor (IRF) 3 and 7 genes in European eel, Anguilla anguilla with the identification of genes involved in IFN production

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-247

  Huang, Bei ^a   Huang, Wen Shu ^a   Nie, P ^a  

^a JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; European eel; IRF3; IRF7; Type I IFN

Indexed keywords

FISH PROTEIN; INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 7; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGUILLA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FISH DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VETERINARY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-3; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-7; INTERFERONS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLY I-C; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84896041415     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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