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Species Specificity

 
 
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Disease relevance of Species Specificity

 

High impact information on Species Specificity

  • The receptor has high affinity (KD, 174 pM) for human IFN alpha and, unlike other type I IFN receptors, has broad species specificity, binding to human, rabbit, bovine, rat, and mouse type I IFNs [6].
  • This species specificity might reflect differences in DNA-binding properties and/or interactions with activator proteins or other components of the RNA polymerase II transcription machinery [7].
  • But there is little or no species specificity in cytotoxicity of murine TNF and human TNF on human as well as on murine cell lines [8].
  • The antigen defined by 12E7 is not expressed on mouse or hamster cells; this species specificity allowed us to investigate the genetics of the expression of the 12E7 antigen using human--rodent somatic-cell hybrids [9].
  • It was shown that sp56 expression is restricted to mouse spermatids and that the presence or absence of sp56 on sperm from different species accounts for species specificity of sperm-egg recognition in mice [10].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Species Specificity

 

Biological context of Species Specificity

  • Because of the species-specificity of tissue factor activity and the availability of a very sensitive chromogenic assay, it was possible in the present study to use somatic cell hybrids to assign the chromosomal location of the tissue factor structural gene (F3) to human chromosome 1 (1pter----1p21) [16].
  • These results demonstrate species specificity of splicing signals, particularly pyrimidine stretch and size requirements, and raise the possibility that variant mechanisms not found in mammals may operate in the splicing of small introns in Drosophila and possibly other species [17].
  • Histology of the tumors in both groups showed no marked infiltration of the tumors with murine hematopoietic and lymphocytic cells consistent with the species specificity of IL-4 [18].
  • We conducted a genomic analysis of an orthologous pair of mouse and rat V1R gene clusters to test for species specificity in rodent pheromone systems [19].
  • Unlike many of the activities displayed by TNF-alpha, its ability to induce CT6 cell proliferation shows strict species specificity as indicated by the failure of human rTNF-alpha to stimulate these cells [20].
 

Anatomical context of Species Specificity

 

Associations of Species Specificity with chemical compounds

  • The most variable region, which may account for lysin's species specificity, is at the NH2 terminus, where 11 of the 15 amino acids differ between the two species [26].
  • A single arginine residue determines species specificity of the human growth hormone receptor [27].
  • However, amino acid disparities were found in the epidermal growth factor-2/serine protease regions that are present in the human tissue factor-factor VIIa contact surface, suggesting a structural basis for the species specificity of this interaction [28].
  • The peptides showed complete species specificity and analogues of one peptide (speract) caused decreases in enzyme activity coincident with their receptor binding properties [29].
  • These results demonstrate that species specificity of fertilization in sea urchins depends in part on the fine structure of egg jelly sulfated polysaccharide [30].
 

Gene context of Species Specificity

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Species Specificity

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