Evolution of the avian β-defensin and cathelicidin genes

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cheng, Yuanyuan ^a   Prickett, Michael Dennis ^b   Gutowska, Weronika ^c   Kuo, Richard ^c   Belov, Katherine ^a   Burt, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PEPTIDE; PHYLOGENETICS;

AVES; PRIMATES;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; AVIAN PROTEIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CAP18 LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; AVIAN PROTEINS; BETA-DEFENSINS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84941551807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0465-3     Document Type: Article

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