A genome-wide screen identifies a single β-defensin gene cluster in the chicken: Implications for the origin and evolution of mammalian defensins

BMC Genomics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Xiao, Yanjing ^a   Hughes, Austin L ^b   Ando, Junko ^c   Matsuda, Yoichi ^c   Cheng, Jan Fang ^d   Skinner Noble, Donald ^a   Zhang, Guolong ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; AVIAN PROTEIN; DEFENSIN; GALLINACIN 1 PROTEIN, CHICKEN; GALLINACIN 2 PROTEIN, CHICKEN; ISOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN MOTIF; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME MAP; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; LIVER; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BONE MARROW; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DEFENSINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIVER; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 9144261231     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-5-56     Document Type: Article

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