Cloning, sequencing and expression of cDNA of bovine neutrophil β-defensin from water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-179

  Bera, B C ^a   Chaudhury, P ^a   Bhattacharya, D ^a   Bera, A K ^a   Das, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-DEFENSINS; BUFFALOES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BOS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CAPRA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34248547245     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2007.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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