Cloning and characterisation of cDNA sequences encoding for anti-lipopolysaccharide factors (ALFs) in Brazilian palaemonid and penaeid shrimps

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 693-696

  Rosa, Rafael Diego ^a   Stoco, Patricia Hermes ^b   Barracco, Margherita Anna ^a  

^a Departamento de Biologia Celular   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti lipopolysaccharide factor; Antimicrobial peptide; Freshwater prawn; Molecular cloning; Penaeid shrimp

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FARFANTEPENAEUS PAULENSIS; LIMULIDAE; LITOPENAEUS SCHMITTI; MACROBRACHIUM OLFERSII; PALAEMONIDAE; PENAEIDAE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PALAEMONIDAE; PENAEIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALAEMONIDAE; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 84925034478     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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