Molecular characterization of goose- and chicken-type lysozymes in emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae): Evidence for extremely low lysozyme levels in emu egg white

Gene

Volumn 492, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 244-249

  Maehashi, Kenji ^a   Matano, Mami ^a   Irisawa, Tomohiro ^a   Uchino, Masataka ^a   Kashiwagi, Yutaka ^a   Watanabe, Toshihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg white; Emu; Lysozyme; Lytic activity; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EGG WHITE; LYSOZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMU; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GOOSE; HOST RESISTANCE; LYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTRICH; OVIDUCT; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DROMAIIDAE; EGG WHITE; FEMALE; GEESE; MURAMIDASE; OVIDUCTS; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANSER; AVES; DROMAIIDAE; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; PALAEOGNATHAE; PICHIA PASTORIS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 84155195135     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.10.021     Document Type: Article

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