Cloning, sequencing and expression analysis of the equine hepcidin gene by real-time PCR

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 34-42

  Oliveira Filho, José P ^a   Badial, Peres R ^a   Cunha, Paulo H J ^a   Cruz, Taís F ^a   Araújo, João P ^a   Divers, Thomas J ^b   Winand, Nena J ^b   Borges, Alexandre S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Unesp IBB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Equine; Hepcidin; Inflammation; Innate immunity; MRNA expression

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; IRON; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; IRON METABOLISM; LIVER LEVEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRECURSOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HORSES; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; BOS; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; PISCES; PRIMATES; RATTUS; REPTILIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 77951203662     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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