Identification, characterization, and evolution of a primate β-defensin gene cluster

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-210

  Radhakrishnan, Y ^a   Hamil, K G ^a   Yenugu, S ^a   Young, S L ^a   French, F S ^a   Hall, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

defensins; Epididymis; Immunity; Molecular evolution; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BETA DEFENSIN; BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PRIMATES;

EID: 18444403465     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6364184     Document Type: Article

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