Characterization of three novel β-defensin antimicrobial peptides in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3358-3366

  Casadei, Elisa ^a   Wang, Tiehui ^a   Zou, Jun ^a   González Vecino, Jose L ^b   Wadsworth, Simon ^b   Secombes, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARGILL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Defensins; Expression analysis; Fish; Salmonids; Yersinia ruckeri

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; BETA DEFENSIN 4; DEFENSIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GILL; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRON; LEUKOCYTE CULTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAINBOW TROUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; EXONS; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRONS; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; YERSINIA RUCKERI;

EID: 70349464679     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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