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SUBMITTER: Bals R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC96065 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology 20010301 2
One component of host defense at mucosal surfaces appears to be epithelium-derived antimicrobial peptides. Molecules of the defensin and cathelicidin families have been studied in several species, including human and mouse. We describe in this report the identification and characterization of rhesus monkey homologues of human mucosal antimicrobial peptides. Using reverse transcriptase PCR methodology, we cloned the cDNAs of rhesus monkey beta-defensin 1 and 2 (rhBD-1 and rhBD-2) and rhesus monke ...[more]