Expression patterns of platypus defensin and related venom genes across a range of tissue types reveal the possibility of broader functions for OvDLPs than previously suspected

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-565

  Whittington, Camilla M ^a   Papenfuss, Anthony T ^b   Kuchel, Philip W ^a   Belov, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Defensin like peptides; Defensins; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; OvDLP; Platypus venom

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM LIKE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLATYPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE TYPES;

ANIMALS; DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PEPTIDES; PLATYPUS; VENOMS;

MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 51149114835     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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