To obtain
full cDNA sequence of rock bream TRAF2, 50-RACE (primer;
50-CTTGGCGGCATGCTTCACATGGC-30) and 30-RACE (primer; 50-GT
CAGCTGGAGCGGACGCTCACG-30) PCR reactions were performed
separately using the SMART RACE cDNA Amplification Kit (Clontech)
according to the manufacturer’s instructions. All RACE PCR products
were purified using spin column (Labopass), cloned into pGEM Teasy
vector, and sequenced. Multiple sequence alignments were
generated using the CLUSTALW 1.8 program.