β-defensins gene expression in tissues of the crossbred and Tibetan pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 161-168

  Qi, Sharina ^a   Chen, Jinyong ^a   Guo, Rongfu ^b   Yu, Bing ^b   Chen, Daiwen ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crossbred pig; Gene expression; Porcine defensin; Tibetan pig

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 67349272035     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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