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| Title |
Duplication and selection in the evolution of primate β-defensin genes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Genome Biology, April 2003
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| DOI | 10.1186/gb-2003-4-5-r31 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Colin AM Semple, Mark Rolfe, Julia R Dorin |
| Abstract |
Innate immunity is the first line of defense against microorganisms in vertebrates and acts by providing an initial barrier to microorganisms and triggering adaptive immune responses. Peptides such as beta-defensins are an important component of this defense, providing a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, mycobacteria and several enveloped viruses. Beta-defensins are small cationic peptides that vary in their expression patterns and spectrum of pathogen specificity. Disruptions in beta-defensin function have been implicated in human diseases, including cystic fibrosis, and a fuller understanding of the variety, function and evolution of human beta-defensins might form the basis for novel therapies. Here we use a combination of laboratory and computational techniques to characterize the main human beta-defensin locus on chromosome 8p22-p23. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 75 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| Denmark | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 65 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 24% |
| Researcher | 16 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 9% |
| Professor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 9 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 44% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 7% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 September 2017.
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