Gene cloning, expression and characterization of avian cathelicidin orthologs, Cc-CATHs, from Coturnix coturnix

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1573-1584

  Feng, Feifei ^a,b   Chen, Chen ^c   Zhu, Wenjuan ^b   He, Weiyu ^a   Guang, Huijuan ^b   Li, Zheng ^b   Wang, Duo ^a   Liu, Jingze ^a   Chen, Ming ^e   Wang, Yipeng ^d   Yu, Haining ^a,b  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^e University of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

cathelicidin; Coturnix coturnix; expression; molecular cloning; structure and function

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELIN; CC CATH1; CC CATH2; CC CATH3; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX COTURNIX; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; INNATE IMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUAIL; SPLEEN;

AVES; COTURNIX COTURNIX; FUNGI;

EID: 79955073670     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08080.x     Document Type: Article

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