Antimicrobial peptide expression is developmentally regulated in the ovine gastrointestinal tract

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Huttner, Kenneth M ^a   Brezinski Caliguri, Donna J ^a   Mahoney, Megan M ^a   Diamond, Gill ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensin; Development; Fetus; Ovis aries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031937280     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.2.297s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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