Research Article
Developmental and Tissue Patterns of the Basal Expression of Chicken Avian β-Defensins
Figure 1
Average values of chicken AvBDs in the GI tract. Tissues of the GI tract were obtained from chickens at indicated ages. RNA isolation and real-time PCR analysis were performed to evaluate the expression levels of all detected chicken AvBDs. ΔCt values of chicken AvBDs were calculated relative to those of the colon on day 28 using GAPDH as the reference gene and are expressed as the of the mean of nine chickens.