Molecular cloning and expression analysis of the liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP-2) gene in grass carp

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 133, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 133-143

  Liu, Feng ^a   Li, Jia Le ^a   Yue, Gen Hua ^b   Fu, Jian Jun ^a   Zhou, Zheng Feng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Expression; Grass carp; LEAP 2; Liver

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIVER EXPRESSED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE 2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME INDUCTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CARPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; CTENOPHARYNGODON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72449204607     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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