A 450-kb contig of defensin genes on human chromosome 8p23

Gene

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 205-211

  Linzmeier, R ^a   Ho, C H ^a   Hoang, B V ^a   Ganz, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; BAC; Host defense; Neutrophils; P1

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; DEFENSIN;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 8P; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANETH CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-DEFENSINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CONTIG MAPPING; DEFENSINS; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0032815762     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00136-5     Document Type: Article

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