Genetic characterization of interleukins (IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12A, IL-12B, IL-15 and IL-18) with relevant biological roles in lagomorphs

Innate Immunity

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 787-801

  Neves, Fabiana ^a,b   Abrantes, Joana ^a   Almeida, Tereza ^a   De Matos, Ana Lemos ^c   Costa, Paulo P ^b,d   Esteves, Pedro J ^a,b,e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO E FORMAÇÃO AVANÇADA EM CIÊNCIAS E TECNOLOGIAS DA SAÚDE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Immune system; interleukins; lagomorphs

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P35; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; STOP CODON;

AMERICAN PIKA; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN BROWN HARE; EXON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; INTRON; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PYGMY RABBIT; RABBITS AND HARES; STOP CODON; SYLVILAGUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LAGOMORPH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; RABBIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CODON, TERMINATOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-8; INTERLEUKINS; LAGOMORPHA; MICE; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84945200210     PISSN: 17534259     EISSN: 17534267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753425915606209     Document Type: Article

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