Detection of human α-defensin-1, an antimicrobial peptide, in the fluid of jaw cysts

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 78-81

  Mizukawa, Nobuyoshi ^a   Sugiyama, Katsumi ^a   Ueno, Takaaki ^a   Mishima, Katsuaki ^a   Takagi, Shin ^a   Sugahara, Toshio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN 1; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CYST FLUID; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAW CYST; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPHIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYST FLUID; DEFENSINS; HUMANS; JAW CYSTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0034222453     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2000.107055     Document Type: Article

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