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Evidences of abundant hemocyanin variants in shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei.
Molecular immunology - 1 Sept 2016
Zhao Xianliang, Guo Lingling, Lu Xin, Lu Hui, Wang Fan, Zhong Mingqi, Chen Jiehui, Zhang Yueling
Abstract excerpt
Hemocyanin (HMC) is a multifunctional immune molecule present in mollusks and arthropods and functions as an important antigen non-specific immune protein. Our previous evidences demonstrated that Litopenaeus vannamei HMC might display extensive molecular diversities. In this study, bioinformatics analysis showed dozens of variant sequences of the HMC subunit with higher molecular weight from L. vannamei (LvHMC)....
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