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Molecular Cloning, Phylogenetic Analysis, Tissue Distribution, and Expression of the Cytokine TWEAK in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

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This study was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 30271093) and Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 200803160002).

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  1. Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, Life Sciences College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China

    Mingxiang Du, Zhenning Liang, Xingzhou Xu, Jianfeng Li, Hongxin Ai & Shuangquan Zhang

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Aquatic Crustacean Diseases, Life Sciences College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China

    Mingxiang Du, Zhenning Liang, Xingzhou Xu, Jianfeng Li, Hongxin Ai & Shuangquan Zhang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

    Jiaxin Zhang

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The accession number for the zebrafish (Danio rerio) identified herein is bankit1358985.

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Du, M., Liang, Z., Xu, X. et al. Molecular Cloning, Phylogenetic Analysis, Tissue Distribution, and Expression of the Cytokine TWEAK in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Biochem Genet 50, 318–324 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-011-9482-0

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