Molecular cloning and characterization of β-defensin cDNA expressed in distal ileum of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-20

  Das, Dhanjit Kumar ^a   Sharma, Bhaskar ^a   Mitra, Abhijit ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

defensin; Antimicrobial peptide; Buffalo; Cationic peptide; cDNA; Cloning

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 2; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BUFFALO; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GOAT; ILEUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-DEFENSINS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; ILEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER;

BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 24344501344     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170400020399     Document Type: Article

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