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Identification of new major histocompatibility complex class II restriction fragment length polymorphisms in a closed experimental line of Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Poultry science - 1 Aug 2001
Sacco R E, Rimler R B, Ye X, Nestor K E
Abstract excerpt
Beltsville Small White (BSW) turkeys have been utilized as an experimental model in the study of bacterial, parasitic, and fungal diseases. Given the critical role of MHC antigens in the initial steps of the immune response to specific pathogens, the MHC Class II of BSW turkeys was characterized. Southern blot analysis of PvuII-digested turkey DNA that was hybridized with a chicken Class II beta gene genomic...
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