Comparative analysis of Xenopus tropicalis hepcidin I and hepcidin II genes

Gene

Volumn 426, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Hu, Xueyou ^a   Ward, Chelsea ^b   Aono, Shelly ^a   Lan, Liqiong ^a,c   Dykstra, Christine ^a   Kemppainen, Robert J ^a   Morrison, Edward E ^a   Shi, Jishu ^a,d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Gene regulation; Iron metabolism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEART; HEPCIDIN 1 GENE; HEPCIDIN 2 GENE; INTRON; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRONS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 54049144571     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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