Granulocytes of reptilian sauropsids contain beta-defensin-like peptides: A comparative ultrastructural survey

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 274, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 877-886

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta defensins; Granulocytes; Immunocytochemistry; Reptiles; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE; REPTILIAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIZARD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; REPTILE; SKIN; SNAKE; TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BETA-DEFENSINS; GRANULOCYTES; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; REPTILES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CHICKENS; CROSS REACTIONS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EPIDERMIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRANULOCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGENERATION; REPTILES; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SKIN; SNAKES; TAIL;

ALLIGATOR; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ARCHOSAURIA; LEPIDOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPSIDA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84880328362     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20143     Document Type: Article

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