Identification and characterisation of the BPI/LBP/PLUNC-like gene repertoire in chickens reveals the absence of a LBP gene

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-295

  Chiang, Shih Chieh ^a,c   Veldhuizen, Edwin J A ^b   Barnes, Frances A ^a   Craven, C Jeremy ^a   Haagsman, Henk P ^b   Bingle, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian; BPI; Comparative genomics; Innate immunity; LBP; PLUNC

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY INCREASING PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PALATE LUNG AND NASAL EPITHELIAL CLONE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BPI GENE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 20; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LBP GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLUNC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79151485099     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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