Comparison of deduced peptide sequences of canine β-defensin mature peptide with congeners from humans and mice. Conserved cysteine residues are boxed. GenBank accession numbers are as follows: cBD1, -2, and -3, AY169790, AY169791, and AY16979, respectively; hBD-4, AJ314834; hBD-5, AB089180; hBD-6, AB089181; hBD-18, AY122471; hBD-22, AY122474; hBD-23, AY122475; Tdl (testis defensin-like), NP660139; and mBD-12, AB089182.