Cryptdin gene expression in developing mouse small intestine

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 35-1, 1997, Pages

  Darmoul, Dalila ^a,c   Brown, Dennis ^a   Selsted, Michael E ^b   Ouellette, Andre J ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antimicrobial peptides; complementary deoxyribonucleic acid; cryptdin; deoxyribonucleic acid sequence analysis; differentiation; immunofluorescence; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CRYPTDIN; DEFENSIN; LYSOZYME; MATRILYSIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 0031014756     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.1.g197     Document Type: Article

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