Six antimicrobial peptidegenes of the cathelicidin family map to bovine chromosome 22q24 by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 240-242

  Castiglioni, B ^a   Scocchi, M ^b,c   Zanetti, M ^b,c   Ferretti, L ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Italy   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 22Q; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030484497     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: 1424859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134492     Document Type: Article

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