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Bovine transcriptome analysis by SAGE technology during an experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2006
Berthier David, Chantal Isabelle, Thévenon Sophie, Marti Jacques, Piquemal David, Maillard Jean-Charles
Abstract excerpt
In central and sub-Saharan Africa, trypanosomosis is a tsetse fly-transmitted disease, which is considered as the most important impediment to livestock production in the region. However, several indigenous West African taurine breeds (Bos taurus) present remarkable tolerance to the infection. This genetic capability, named trypanotolerance, results from numerous biological mechanisms most probably under...
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