Molecular cloning, immunohistochemical localization, characterization and expression analysis of caspase-8 from the blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) exposed to ammonia

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 645-654

  Sun, Shengming ^a   Ge, Xianping ^a   Zhu, Jian ^a   Zhang, Wuxiao ^b   Zhang, Qiong ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Apoptosis; Caspase 8; Megalobrama amblycephala; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CASPASE 8; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FISH PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXICITY; VETERINARY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASPASE 8; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYPRINIDAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84945538602     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2015.10.016     Document Type: Article

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