Postnatal changes in the expression of genes for cryptdins 1-6 and the role of luminal bacteria in cryptdin gene expression in mouse small intestine

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-416

  Inoue, Ryo ^a   Tsuruta, Takeshi ^a   Nojima, Iyori ^a   Nakayama, Keizo ^b   Tsukahara, Takamitsu ^b   Yajima, Takaji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ujitawara cho   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptdin; Germ free; Intestinal bacteria; Postnatal development

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTDIN 1 GENE; CRYPTDIN 2 GENE; CRYPTDIN 3 GENE; CRYPTDIN 4 GENE; CRYPTDIN 5 GENE; CRYPTDIN 6 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM-FREE LIFE; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MICE; PHENOBARBITAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 41049110777     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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