Cloning and developmental expression of a family of pleurocidin-like antimicrobial peptides from winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus (Walbaum)

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-147

  Douglas, S E ^a   Gallant, J W ^a   Gong, Z ^b   Hew, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Development; Expression; Gene structure; Innate immunity; Pleuronectes americanus; Pluerocidin; Reverse transcription PCR (RT PCR)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIN; DEFENSIN; DERMASEPTIN; PLEUROCIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0035217204     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(00)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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