Gallin; an antimicrobial peptide member of a new avian defensin family, the ovodefensins, has been subject to recent gene duplication

BACKGROUND: Egg white must provide nutrients and protection to the developing avian embryo. One way in which this is achieved is an arsenal of antimicrobial proteins and peptides which are essentially extensions of the innate immune system. Gallin is a recently identified member of a family of pepti...

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Autores principales: Gong, Daoqing, Wilson, Peter W, Bain, Maureen M, McDade, Karina, Kalina, Jiri, Hervé-Grépinet, Virginie, Nys, Yves, Dunn, Ian C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20226050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-11-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20226050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-11-12

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