Evidence of Positively Selected Sites in Mammalian α-Defensins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 819-827

  Lynn, David J ^a,b   Lloyd, Andrew T ^a,c   Fares, Mario A ^d   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

defensin; Adaptive evolution; Antimicrobial peptide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAMMAL; MICROORGANISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; VIRUS;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1942469391     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh084     Document Type: Article

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