• Molecular Analysis and Sex-specific Response of the Hepcidin Gene in Yellow Perch Following Lipopolysaccharide Challenge

    12 days ago - By Springer

    Abstract
    Hepcidin antimicrobial peptide is active in teleosts against invading pathogens and plays important roles in the stress and immune responses of finfish. The response of hamp gene was studied in yellow perch challenged with lipopolysaccharides to understand if this immunity response is sex-specifically different. The cloned hamp gene consists of an open-reading frame of 273 bp and encodes a deduced protein of 90 amino acids , which includes a signal peptide of 24 a.a., a pro-domain of 40 a.a. and a mature peptide of 26 a.a. Yp hamp involves 8 cysteine residues with 4 disulfide...
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