Characterization of the mouse beta defensin 1, Defb1, mutant mouse model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3053-3060

  Morrison, Gillian ^a   Kilanowski, Fiona ^a   Davidson, Donald ^a   Dorin, Julia ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; DEFB1 PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TARGETING; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KIDNEY; LUNG; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UP-REGULATION; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0036259887     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.6.3053-3060.2002     Document Type: Article

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