Expression patterns of β-defensin and cathelicidin genes in parenchyma of bovine mammary gland infected with coagulase-positive or coagulase-negative Staphylococci

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kościuczuk, Ewa M ^a,b   Lisowski, Paweł ^a   Jarczak, Justyna ^a   Krzyzewski, Józef ^a   Zwierzchowski, Lech ^a   Bagnicka, Emilia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Chronic mastitis; Dairy cows; Expression; Udder parenchyma

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; COAGULASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; BOVINE MASTITIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UDDER; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CATHELICIDINS; CATTLE; COAGULASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84908055950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-014-0246-z     Document Type: Article

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