Identification, characterization and expression analysis of hepcidin gene in sheep

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-450

  Badial, Peres R ^a   Oliveira Filho, José P ^a   Cunha, Paulo Henrique J ^a   Cagnini, Didier Q ^a   Araújo, João P ^a   Winand, Nena J ^b   Borges, Alexandre S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepcidin; Innate immunity; MRNA; Peptide; Sheep

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEPCIDIN GENE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; TISSUE SECTION;

ABOMASUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; DUODENUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; LIVER; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AVES; BOS; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PISCES; PRIMATES; RATTUS; REPTILIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79955479983     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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