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Early diversification of the TNF superfamily in teleosts: genomic characterization and expression analysis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jun 2007
Glenney Gavin W, Wiens Gregory D
Abstract excerpt
The TNF superfamily (TNFSF) of proteins are cytokines involved in diverse immunological and developmental pathways. Little is known about their evolution or expression in lower vertebrate species. Bioinformatic searches of Zebrafish, Tetraodon, and Fugu genome and other teleost expressed sequence tag databases identified 44 novel gene sequences containing a TNF homology domain. This work reveals the following: 1)...
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