A novel horse α-defensin: Gene transcription, recombinant expression and characterization of the structure and function

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 407, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-276

  Bruhn, Oliver ^a   Regenhard, Petra ^a   Michalek, Matthias ^a   Paul, Sven ^a   Gelhaus, Christoph ^a   Jung, Sascha ^a   Thaller, Georg ^a   Podschun, Rainer ^a   Leippe, Matthias ^a   Grötzinger, Joachim ^a   Kalm, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Defensin; Horse; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PEPTIDES; TISSUE; VIRUSES;

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; DEFENSIN; INNATE IMMUNITY;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALPHA DEFENSIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LETHAL DOSE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANETH CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HORSES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GLIRES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35048878646     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20070747     Document Type: Article

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