Expression of β-defensin-1 in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) airways

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 318-323

  Duits, Louise A ^a   Langermans, Jan A M ^b   Paltansing, Sunita ^a   Van der Straaten, Tahar ^a   Vervenne, Richard A W ^b   Frost, Patrice A ^b   Hiemstra, Pieter S ^a   Thomas, Alan W ^b   Nibbering, Peter H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Lung tissue; Non human primates

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA CELL; DNA SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0034537326     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0684.2000.290502.x     Document Type: Article

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