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A selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase in the Japanese scallop, Mizuhopecten yessoensis: cDNA cloning, promoter sequence analysis and mRNA expression.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology - 1 May 2011
Shan Zhongguo, Li Hongjun, Bao Xiangbo, He Chongbo, Yu Henan, Liu Weidong, Hou Lin, Wang Juan, Zhu Dan, Sui Lijun, Zhu Bao, Li Yunfeng
Abstract excerpt
Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is an antioxidant enzyme that protects cells from oxidative damage in the innate immune responses against bacterial infections. GPx is also involved in immune defenses. In this study, we report cloning and characterization of a GPx (designated as MyGPx) coding sequences and promoter from Japanese scallop, Mizuhopecten yessoensis. The full-length 1081 nt MyGPx mRNA contained a 28 nt 5'...
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