No evidence of expression of two classes of natural antibiotics (cathelicidins and defensins) in a sample of platypus milk

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 211-217

  Whittington, Camilla M ^a   Sharp, Julie A ^b   Papenfuss, Anthony ^c   Belov, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BURROW; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LACTATION; MARSUPIAL; MILK PRODUCTION; MONOTREME; NEONATE; PEPTIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SAMPLING; SURVIVAL;

METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 71049142544     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO09047     Document Type: Article

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