Table 3.
Porcine antimicrobial peptide genes identified through comparison of porcine genes with human homologs

NCBI No. Gene Gene symbol Sequences of primers (5’-3’) Location Size of amplified products (bp)
ENSSSCG00000021877 Antibacterial protein PMAP-23 TCACGGTGAAGGAGACTGTG 246 201
GTTTCTGTGGCCGACGTACT 446
ENSSSCG00000023733 Protegrin 1 NPG1 TAGGTTCTGCGTCTGTGTCG 420 138
TTCACCGTCTACCAGGGAAC 557
ENSSSCG00000014290 Liver expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 LEAP2 AACTGAGTTCCGCCAAGAGA 105 195
TGTCGCAGGTAAGTGCTGTC 299
TTCACCGTCTACCAGGGAAC 557
ENSSSCG00000010281 Prosaposin PSAP TCTGTGAGGTGTGCAAGAGG 1241 188
CATCACCTCCACCAGGATCT 1428
ENSSSCG00000020997 Defensin, beta 1 DEFB1 GGAAGAGGCTCAGTCAGTGG 210 231
GGCACAGGTAACAGGACCAT 440
ssc. GAPDH Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase GAPDH GTCGGTTGTGGATCTGACCT 714 210
AGCTTGACGAAGTGGTCGTT 923