In this study, an IL-8 homologue has been cloned and identified from a reptile, Chinese soft-shelled turtle for the first time. The full-length cDNA of turtle IL-8 was 1188 bp and contained a 312 bp open reading frame (ORF) coding for a protein of 104 amino acids. The chemokine CXC domain, which contained Glu-Leu-Arg (ELR) motif and four cysteine residues, was well conserved in turtle IL-8. The 4924 bp genomic DNA of turtle IL-8 contained four exons and three introns. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the amino acid sequence of turtle IL-8 clustered together with birds. RT-PCR analysis showed that turtle IL-8 mRNA was constitutively expressed liver, spleen, kidney, heart, blood and intestine tissues of control turtles. Real-time quantitativ...
Three Ig isotypes, IgM, IgD, and IgA, were previously known in reptiles. Here, in this report we des...
Turtles are well known for their stress tolerance, including an ability to deal with temperature ext...
Interleukin-8 (IL-8), a CXC-type chemokine, plays a key role in acute inflammation by recruiting neu...
Expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis is an efficient tool for gene discovery and profiling gene exp...
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) is commercially cultured in East and Southeast Asi...
Although hemorrhagic sepsis caused by Aeromonas hydrophila infection is the dominant disease in the ...
The Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinesis) is a widely cultured commercial species in East...
The IFN-gamma gene was identified in a turtle, the Chinese soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis,...
Aerontonas hydrophila is one of the main causative agents resulting in serious infectious diseases o...
The immunoglobulin (Ig) joining (J) chain plays an important role in the formation of polymeric Igs ...
The immune system of sea turtles is not completely understood. Sea turtles (as reptiles) bridge a un...
The immune system of sea turtles is not completely understood. Sea turtles (as reptiles) bridge a un...
BACKGROUND: We describe the genome of the western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii, one of the...
Background: We describe the genome of the western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii, one of the...
The evolution of reptiles, birds, and mammals was associated with the origin of unique integumentary...
Three Ig isotypes, IgM, IgD, and IgA, were previously known in reptiles. Here, in this report we des...
Turtles are well known for their stress tolerance, including an ability to deal with temperature ext...
Interleukin-8 (IL-8), a CXC-type chemokine, plays a key role in acute inflammation by recruiting neu...
Expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis is an efficient tool for gene discovery and profiling gene exp...
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) is commercially cultured in East and Southeast Asi...
Although hemorrhagic sepsis caused by Aeromonas hydrophila infection is the dominant disease in the ...
The Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinesis) is a widely cultured commercial species in East...
The IFN-gamma gene was identified in a turtle, the Chinese soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis,...
Aerontonas hydrophila is one of the main causative agents resulting in serious infectious diseases o...
The immunoglobulin (Ig) joining (J) chain plays an important role in the formation of polymeric Igs ...
The immune system of sea turtles is not completely understood. Sea turtles (as reptiles) bridge a un...
The immune system of sea turtles is not completely understood. Sea turtles (as reptiles) bridge a un...
BACKGROUND: We describe the genome of the western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii, one of the...
Background: We describe the genome of the western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta bellii, one of the...
The evolution of reptiles, birds, and mammals was associated with the origin of unique integumentary...
Three Ig isotypes, IgM, IgD, and IgA, were previously known in reptiles. Here, in this report we des...
Turtles are well known for their stress tolerance, including an ability to deal with temperature ext...
Interleukin-8 (IL-8), a CXC-type chemokine, plays a key role in acute inflammation by recruiting neu...