Article
Chicken gallinacin gene cluster associated with Salmonella response in advanced intercross line.
Avian diseases - 1 Jun 2007
Hasenstein J R, Lamont S J
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis is a gram-negative bacterium that negatively affects human and animal health. Many eukaryotes use antimicrobial peptides (alpha-defensins, beta-defensins, gamma-defensins, and cathelicidins) in innate immune responses to fight bacterial infections. Poultry gallinacins are the functional equivalents of mammalian beta-defensins. Two related advanced intercross lines of...
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