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Bioinformatic and expression analysis of novel porcine beta-defensins.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Apr 2006
Sang Yongming, Patil Amar A, Zhang Guolong, Ross Chris R, Blecha Frank
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Beta-defensins are a major group of mammalian antimicrobial peptides. Although more than 30 beta-defensins have been identified in humans, only one porcine beta-defensin has been reported. In this article we report the identification and initial characterization of 11 novel porcine beta-defensins...
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