Tissue expression and developmental regulation of chicken cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Achanta, Mallika ^a   Sunkara, Lakshmi T ^a   Dai, Gan ^a,b   Bommineni, Yugendar R ^a,c   Jiang, Weiyu ^a   Zhang, Guolong ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Central South University   (China)

^c Veterinary Diagnostic Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Cathelicidins; Chickens; Development; Host defense peptides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876448817     PISSN: 16749782     EISSN: 20491891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-1891-3-15     Document Type: Article

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