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Molecular cloning and sequencing of porcine C5 gene and its association with immunological traits.
Immunogenetics - 1 Mar 2004
Kumar K Ganesh, Ponsuksili Siriluck, Schellander Karl, Wimmers Klaus
Abstract excerpt
The complement system helps in the lysis of invading pathogens and modulates the inflammatory as well as the humoral and cellular immune responses. C5 mediates many potent inflammatory and cytolytic events after proteolytic activation by complement convertase enzymes. Hence, to investigate the role of pig C5 ( pC5) as a candidate gene for disease resistance in pigs, the complete cDNA of pC5 was sequenced,...
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