Molecular cloning and characterization of rat genes encoding homologues of human β-defensins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4827-4833

  Jia, Hong Peng ^a   Mills, Jesse N ^a   Barahmand Pour, Fariba ^b   Nishimura, Darryl ^a   Mallampali, Rama K ^a   Wang, Guoshun ^a   Wiles, Kerry ^a   Tack, Brian F ^a   Bevins, Charles L ^b   Mccray Jr , Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16; DATA BASE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0007401977     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4827-4833.1999     Document Type: Article

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