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Skewed allele frequencies of an Mx gene mutation with potential resistance to avian influenza virus in different chicken populations.
Poultry science - 1 Jul 2006
Li X Y, Qu L J, Yao J F, Yang N
Abstract excerpt
The Mx gene is considered to confer positive antiviral responses to the orthomyxovirus in many organisms. In the chicken, 1 nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (G to A) at position 2,032 of Mx cDNA was demonstrated to confer positive antiviral activity in vitro to avian influenza virus in a previous study. In the current study, 15 Chinese native chicken breeds, 4 highly selected commercial lines, and the...
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