Abstract Cathelicidins are a major family of antimicrobial peptides present in vertebrate animals with potent microbicidal and immunomodulatory activities.Four cathelicidins, namely fowlicidins 1 to 3 and cathelicidin B1, have been identified in chickens.As a first step to understand their role in early innate host defense of chickens, we examined
The microtubule (MT) plus-end motor kinesin heavy chain (Khc) is well known for its role in long distance cargo transport.Recent evidence showed that Khc is also required for the organization of the cellular MT network by mediating click here MT sliding.We found that mutations in Khc and the gene of its adaptor protein, kinesin light chain (Klc) re
Optical excitation click here of spin-ordered rare earth metals triggers a complex response of the crystal lattice since expansive stresses from electron and phonon excitations compete with a contractive stress induced by spin disorder.Using ultrafast x-ray diffraction experiments, we study the layer specific strain response of a dysprosium film wi
The article reveals the details of the diverse activities of the Russian community in Hankou, one of the largest commercial ports in China open to click here foreign trade.Russian russians analyze the process of development and formation of Hankou from the first operations of Russian tea merchants in the middle of the XIX century and the opening of