Identification and Functional Characterization of a Novel Monotreme- Specific Antibacterial Protein Expressed during Lactation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bisana, Swathi ^a,b   Kumar, Satish ^b   Rismiller, Peggy ^c,d   Nicol, Stewart C ^e   Lefèvre, Christophe ^a   Nicholas, Kevin R ^a   Sharp, Julie A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Pelican Lagoon Research and Wildlife Centre   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MILK PROTEIN; PROTEIN ECHAMP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHAMP GENE; ECHIDNA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTATION; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLATYPUS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURVIVAL; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MILK; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; PROTOTHERIA; REPTILIA; ZAGLOSSUS BRUIJNI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ECHIDNA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GLYCOSYLATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LACTATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872231811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053686     Document Type: Article

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