Transcriptional regulation of β-defensin gene expression in tracheal epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-119

  Diamond, Gill ^a   Kaiser, Vicki ^a   Rhodes, Janice ^a   Russell, John P ^b   Bevins, Charles L ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DEFENSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MUCOSA CELL; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; START CODON; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033981142     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.1.113-119.2000     Document Type: Article

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