Rapid evolution and diversification of mammalian α-defensins as revealed by comparative analysis of rodent and primate genes

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Patil, Amar ^a   Hughes, Austin L ^b   Zhang, Guolong ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Comparative genomics; Defensin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CHROMOSOME 8P; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYSTEINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 14644435363     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00150.2004     Document Type: Article

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