Characterization and expression studies of Gaduscidin-1 and Gaduscidin-2; paralogous antimicrobial peptide-like transcripts from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-408

  Browne, Mitchell J ^a,b   Feng, Charles Y ^a   Booth, Valerie ^a,b   Rise, Matthew L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Atlantic cod; Gaduscidin; Gene expression; Paralogue

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GADUSCIDIN 1 PROTEIN; GADUSCIDIN 2 PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; BLOOD; BRAIN TISSUE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GILL; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; TELEOST; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS; GADUS MORHUA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79151474912     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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