Tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) prothymosin alpha: Cytokine-like activities associated with the intact protein and the C-terminal region that lead to antiviral immunity via Myd88-dependent and -independent pathways respectively

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 96-104

  Zhang, Bao cun ^a   Sun, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Cynoglossus semilaevis; Immunoregulation; Prothymosin

Indexed keywords

MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; THYMOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNOGLOSSUS SEMILAEVIS; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MEGALOCYTIVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH DISEASE; FLATFISH; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IRIDOVIRIDAE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIROLOGY;

CYNOGLOSSIDAE; CYNOGLOSSUS SEMILAEVIS; MAMMALIA; MEGALOCYTIVIRUS; TELEOSTEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOKINES; FISH DISEASES; FLATFISHES; IRIDOVIRIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOSIN;

EID: 84931278944     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 18790089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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