β-Defensin evolution: Selection complexity and clues for residues of functional importance

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-262

  Semple, C A M ^a   Taylor, K ^a   Eastwood, H ^b   Barran, P E ^b   Dorin, J R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

defensin; Antimicrobial peptide; Gene cluster; Immune defence; Primate evolution; Propeptide region

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CYSTEINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 33646003552     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20060257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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