Discovery and characterization of two types of liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP-2) genes in rainbow trout

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 259-269

  Zhang, Yong An ^a,b   Zou, Jun ^a   Chang, Chin I ^a,c   Secombes, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AMP; antimicrobial peptide; Antimicrobial peptide; EST; expressed sequence tag; LEAP; LEAP 2; Liver; liver expressed antimicrobial peptide; open reading frame; ORF; Rainbow trout; Teleost; untranslated region; UTR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; LIVER EXPRESSED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE 2A; LIVER EXPRESSED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE 2B; PEPTIDE HORMONE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INTESTINE; INTRON; LIVER; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROVOCATION TEST; RAINBOW TROUT; SKIN;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FISH DISEASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 4444320034     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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