The genome of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas brings new insights on the massive expansion of the C1q gene family in Bivalvia

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-71

  Gerdol, Marco ^a   Venier, Paola ^b   Pallavicini, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; C1q; Crassostrea gigas; Innate immunity; Lectin like

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; LECTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTIG MAPPING; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRON; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOGENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRASSOSTREA; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COMPLEMENT C1Q; CRASSOSTREA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84912059102     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 18790089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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