ORFeome-based search of airway epithelial cell-specific novel human β-defensin genes

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-80

  Kao, Cheng Yuan ^a   Chen, Yin ^a   Zhao, Yu Hua ^a   Wu, Reen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RNA PROBE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG; MARKOV CHAINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0037789204     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2002-0205OC     Document Type: Article

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