Regulation of the Rana sylvatica brevinin-1SY antimicrobial peptide during development and in dorsal and ventral skin in response to freezing, anoxia and dehydration

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1392-1401

  Katzenback, Barbara A ^a   Holden, Helen A ^a   Falardeau, Justin ^a   Childers, Christine ^a   Hadj Moussa, Hanane ^a   Avis, Tyler J ^a   Storey, Kenneth B ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Brevinin 1SY; Frogs; Metamorphosis; Rana sylvatica; Skin; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BREVININ-1 PROTEIN, RANA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; DESICCATION; FREEZING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DESICCATION; FREEZING; LARVA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN;

EID: 84908233427     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.092288     Document Type: Article

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