Strain-specific polymorphisms in paneth cell α-defensins of C57BL/6 mice and evidence of vestigial myeloid α-defensin pseudogenes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 459-573

  Shanahan, Michael T ^a,b   Tanabe, Hiroki ^a,c   Ouellette, André J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; CRYPTDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SMALL INTESTINE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELOID CELLS; PANETH CELLS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSEUDOGENES; RATS;

EID: 78650879096     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00996-10     Document Type: Article

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