Immunohistochemistry using antibodies to the cathelicidin LL37/hCAP18 in the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 459-466

  Carman, Rebecca L ^a   Simonian, Mary R ^b   Old, Julie M ^c   Jacques, Nicholas A ^b   Deane, Elizabeth M ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Westmead Centre for Oral Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Cathelicidin; hCAP18; LL37; Marsupials

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG; MACROPUS EUGENII; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MACROPUS EUGENII; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 54049084516     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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