Expression of genes encoding antimicrobial peptides in the Harderian gland of the bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-305

  Hasunuma, Itaru ^a   Iwamuro, Shawichi ^b   Kobayashi, Tetsuya ^c   Shirama, Kazuhiko ^d   Conlon, J Michael ^e   Kikuyama, Sakae ^a,b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Bullfrog; Chensirin 2; Harderian gland; Temporin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHENSIRIN 2; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIGOXIGENIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RNA; SMALL CYTOPLASMIC RNA; TEMPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HARDER GLAND; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITHOBATES CATESBEIANUS; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA CHENSINENSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CHENSINENSIS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 77955053516     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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