WFDC2 is differentially expressed in the mammary gland of the tammar wallaby and provides immune protection to the mammary gland and the developing pouch young

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 584-590

  Watt, Ashalyn P ^a   Sharp, Julie A ^a   Lefevre, Christophe ^a   Nicholas, Kevin R ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Immune protection; Lactation; Mammary gland; WFDC2

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; DISULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAP FOUR DISULFIDE CORE DOMAIN 2;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INVOLUTION; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTITIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MACROPUS EUGENII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84855824504     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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