Cathelicidin gene expression in porcine tissues: Roles in ontogeny and tissue specificity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 439-442

  Wu, Hua ^a   Zhang, Guolong ^a   Ross, Christopher R ^a   Blecha, Frank ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PR 39; PROTEGRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032892736     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.439-442.1999     Document Type: Article

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