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Enhanced expression of a cloned and sequenced Ciona intestinalis TNFa-like (CiTNFa) gene during the LPS-induced inflammatory response.

2008

A tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha)-like gene from Ciona intestinalis (CiTNF alpha-like) body wall challenged with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was cloned and sequenced 4 h after LPS inoculation. An open reading frame of 936 bp encoding a propeptide of 312 amino acids (35.4 kDa) displaying a transmembrane domain from positions 7 to 29, a TACE cleavage site, and a mature peptide domain of 185 amino acids (20.9 kDa), was determined with a predicted isoelectric point of 9.4. The phylogenetic tree based on deduced amino acid sequences of invertebrate TNF-like protein and vertebrate TNFs supported the divergence between the ascidian and vertebrate TNF families, whereas D. melanogaster…

LipopolysaccharidesHemocytesHistologyMolecular Sequence DataSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaGene ExpressionPathology and Forensic MedicineWestern blotGene expressionHemolymphmedicineTNFα . CiTNFα-like . CiTNFα-like expression . Inflammatory response . Pharynx . Hemocytes . Ciona intestinalis (Tunicata)AnimalsCiona intestinalisAmino Acid SequenceCloning MolecularPeptide sequencePhylogenyInflammationchemistry.chemical_classificationBase Sequencebiologymedicine.diagnostic_testTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCell Biologybiology.organism_classificationMolecular biologyCiona intestinalisAmino acidTransmembrane domainOpen reading framechemistrySequence Alignment
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Enhanced CiTNFα expression is an inflammatory response of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

2009

CiTNFα inflammatory response Ciona intestinalis
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