Molecular cloning and characterization of equine NK-lysin

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 163-169

  Davis, Elizabeth G ^a   Sang, Yongming ^a   Rush, Bonnie ^a   Zhang, Guolong ^a,b   Blecha, Frank ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Horse; Innate immunity; NK lysin

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GRANULYSIN; PROTEIN NK LYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NK LYSIN; NK-LYSIN; PROTEOLIPID; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DISULFIDE BOND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SURFACE CHARGE; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HORSES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOLIPIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 18744397846     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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