Human Airway Epithelia Express a β-defensin

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-349

  McCray Jr , Paul B ^a   Bentley, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE;

BETA DEFENSIN; DEFB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DEFENSIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CORTEX; LUNG; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-DEFENSINS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFENSINS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY CORTEX; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASAL POLYPS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031093274     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.16.3.9070620     Document Type: Article

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